Thursday, March 28, 2024

RAMADAN, NUTRITION & HEALTH

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  The three typical commodities on high demand in Gambia during ramadan are - bag of rice, bag of corn and a bag of sugar. These, being all...

My Ramadan Confession and Seeking Forgiveness!

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  As Gambians, we can disagree on a number of things about the PPP and the Jawara Regime or APRC and the Yaya Jammeh Regime or about the...

Ambassador Sheikh Omar Faye, Apologize! Period.

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    Former Gambian ambassador to the US Sheikh Omar Faye gave a very unfortunate interview to Gambia Talents Radio on May 26 where he sought to sanctify himself...

A REBUTTAL OF BB SANNEH’’S ALLEGATIONS— PART 1

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  By: Tahir Ahmad Touray   On Thursday 25 May 2017, an article by one BB Sanneh captioned Fundamental beliefs of the Ahmadiyya or Qadianiyyah was published on the Fatu...

Gambian MPS survive car crash in Senegal

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  Three National Assembly Members escaped a potentially fatal accident on Monday when the vehicle they were travelling in from Dakar somersaulted near Mbour.   Alhagie Darboe of Brikama North,...

Tombong decries Jammeh-Habré comparison

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  Interim opposition APRC leader, Fabakary Tombong Jatta has hit back at comments likening former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh to Hissène Habré.   Victims including officials of the Centre for...

President Barrow pardons 25 prisoners as Ramadan gesture

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President Adama Barrow has pardoned a total of 25 prisoners who were serving various jail terms at the state central Prisons of Mile II and Janjangbureh respectively...

Bafuloto-Farato incident: Interior Minister says citizens misreading democracy, breaking law

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The Interior Minister has said there is challenge for citizens to be law abiding at all times saying citizens are now reading and misreading democracy and breaking...

U.S. TO LIFT VISA BAN

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  The US Embassy in Banjul has confirmed to The Standard that a visa ban on Gambia Government officials could soon be lifted.   This reportedly follows the government’s acceptance...

7 Farato youths arrested, charged

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  The police have arrested seven youths in Farato and took them to Brikama Magistrates’ Court where they were charged with willful damage of properties, assaulting police officers...

Africans Rising Movement launched in Gambia

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The Africans Rising Movement, Gambia Chapter was on Thursday, May 25th, 2016 launched at a ceremony held at the ActionAid - The Cambia conference hall along MDI...

On Africa Liberation Day…Celebration or Reflection….

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  After more than half a century of independence, we are still largely dependant on the west. We do not have proper and established democratic institutions which will...

Takama takama is here again as Ramadan beckons

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  By Famara Fofana   With a tinge of guilt, I pen this piece not because of any failure on my part to fulfill my religious obligation of keeping fast...

This is Not My Africa. I want a New Africa!

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  By Madi Jobarteh   Yet again May 25 has come this year marking the 54th anniversary of African Liberation Day without the continental unity that was envisaged as a...

Fundamental beliefs of the Ahmadiyyah or Qadianiyyah

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  Following the recent infamous incident at the Talinding cemetery which has unfortunately galvanised a lot of ignorant and uninformed utterances from many pseudo religious authorities on the...

WHY BARROW’S SUDDEN VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

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  I am not critical of Adama Barrow as a person, because from my observation I gave him a lot of credit based on his person, he is...

GUNJUR-CHINESE SYSTEMATICALY ENDANGERING OUR SEA, BEACH AND ENVIRONMENT

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  The odour is unmistakable, the stench is unavoidable, fish price skyrocket, frustrations abound, Bro you don't know the extent to which our patience has been exercised said...

Gambia: Using Guarantees of Non-Recurrence to Prevent Past Atrocities

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  Daniel Bekele Senior Director for Africa Advocacy, HRW   The following is the transcript of a speech given by Daniel Bekele, Human Rights Watch senior director for Africa advocacy, at the...

Talking Human Rights in the New Gambia

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  By Daniel Bekele Senior Director for Africa Advocacy   Truth Commission Should Complement Justice for Jammeh-era Crimes   “This is the new Gambia,” Jobe, a Gambian taxi driver told me, as I arrived...

GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW

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  What is really going on in beautiful Gambia? Why are we so laid back, Mr President? Everything little thing which oozes no immediate physical harm is rubbished...