Brufut is, without any denying, one of Taf’s early gold mines. Around 2000,Taf gave the clansmen of Brufut Manneh Kunda Suba few thousands of Dalasi as a “coercive” compensation package for their land he acquired in questionable circumstances. He later raked millions. However, some natives of Brufut hinted that Taf[Read More…]
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Chief Manneh’s Father’s Hope For Closure Dashed Following His Death
The father of disappeared journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh has died after almost 16 years of search for his son. Mourners on Monday turned out in Lamin to offer supplications and pay their last respects to Ba Sarjo Manneh. For the past 16 or so years ago, the late Ba Sarjo[Read More…]
Ex-Finance Minister Sees Ukraine War As No Justification for Gambia’s Woes
The Gambia government has persistently blamed the turmoil in the essential commodity market on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but ex-finance minister Amadou Sanneh sees this as scapegoating. “The Gambia’s economy is not big. They (government) always use Ukraine as excuse but the countries the Ukraine war will affect are there,”[Read More…]
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