The death has been announced of Pa Nderry M’bai, proprietor and editor of the Gambia’s online Freedom Newspaper. According to his friends, M’bai passed away Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a brief illness. Born in Touba Mourid, Niamina, Central River Region, M’bai started his journalism career at the Daily[Read More…]
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The Last Warrior Of Africa’s ‘Forgotten Army’: Gambia And WWII
Ebou Janha, 102, is the only surviving veteran of 1 Gambia Regiment, which fought for the British fight against Japanese troops in then-Burma during the Second World War. On an early November morning, 102-year-old Ebou Janha rests a pair of pliers next to his jeweller’s anvil and collects his breath[Read More…]
Gambia’s Drugs Agency Denies Complicity In Drugs Trafficking
The shipment of cocaine was seized in Senegal The Gambia Drug Law Enforcement Agency (DLEAG) has denied allegations of complicity in the trafficking of several tonnes of cocaine. Last month, Senegalese authorities seized more than two tonnes of pure cocaine from a ship off its Atlantic coast. The 2,026 kilos[Read More…]
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