A frantic fundraising drive has been launched in a bid to return the D78,000 that President Adama Barrow contributed to the family of the late Solo Sandeng as housing support. The President and the First Lady were subjects of intense social media rebuke following the leakage of a D78,000 receipt[Read More…]
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The Gambian Man Who Took On A Tyrant & Made History
In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy pays tribute to a man whose death nearly seven years ago arguably changed history in The Gambia. Ebrima Solo Sandeng was not in the traditional mould of an African freedom fighter. He was not an Amílcar Cabral,[Read More…]
A Befitting Farewell For Ebrima Solo Sandeng As Others Await Their Turn
The remains of pro-democracy activist Ebrima Solo Sanding were interred on Tuesday six years after exhumation. The burial ceremony was preceded by State funerals aimed at honoring him for his contribution to the triumph of democracy over tyranny. “We commend government for all what they have done for the Solo[Read More…]
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