(JollofNews) – Dida Halake is a household name in the Gambia. He was a former managing director of the Daily Observer Newspaper and is a regular writer on Gambian and African affairs. In this edition of On The Spot, Mr Halake talks about his happiest times, his earliest memories and[Read More…]
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Exiled Gambian Cleric Returns Home
(JollofNews) – A renowned Gambian imam who fled the Gambia after severe persecution for daring to tell the unpleasant truth to the former regime of Yahya Jammeh Wednesday made a surprised return to the Gambia. Imam Baba Leigh fled the Gambia to the United States in 2013 shortly after his[Read More…]
Gambia: Exile Ends, Emotional Scars Deepen: Sheriff Bojang Jr Shares His Story
(JollofNews) – The last time I headed to The Gambia, on a Sunday evening SN Brussels flight from London Heathrow via Brussels and Dakar, I didn’t make it out of the airport terminal. Like a few other so-called dissident Gambians who arrived before me from the Western world, I was[Read More…]
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