It is with a heavy heart, The Gambia High Commission in London writes to inform the general public of the tragic deaths of a Gambian mother, Mrs Fatou Sheriff Hydara (28yrs), and her two children in Nottingham. It is alleged that the sad event occurred through an arson attack at […]
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In Search Of Of My Childhood: An Ode to Bundung
We moved to Bundung in 1979 after a few years in Banjul, Perseverance Street. It was my mom, dad and I. Our little four bedroom Banku Bungno house would soon become a home for many of our extended family members. We had a variety of plants in our compound then. […]
Cabinet OK AKI Injury Commission
President Barrow Summons Emergency Cabinet Meeting on AKI Deaths in The Gambia State House, Banjul, 14th October 2022: President Adama Barrow said the recent Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) outbreak in the country is a challenging time for the government, families, and the people, and called on all to close ranks […]
Barrow Suspends License of Fatal Medicine Importer
President Barrow Authorises the Suspension of License of Suspected Importer and Pharmacy Following his address to the nation regarding the Acute Kidney Injury cases in The Gambia, President Barrow has authorised the Medicine Control Agency, through the Ministry of Health, to suspend the license of the suspected pharmacy and importer. […]
Gambian Agents Seize More Cocaine
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s war on illegal drugs continues to gain momentum as evidenced by its seizure of large quantity of cocaine in the country. In a statement published below the agency explained how its agents seized over 700 blocks of cocaine. “On Wednesday, 28th September 2022, operatives of […]
Salif Sadio Returns To Rebel Base
The leader of the rebel Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) is reported to have returned to the bushes of southern Senegal bush. Salif Sadio fled from his base when the Senegalese army in March this year launched a sweeping military operation aimed at eliminating the more than four […]
Captain Cambi: The Soldier Who Needed No Introduction
Some 34 years ago or thereabout, I would come to know Ebrima Cambi through a mutual friend in Brikama. I had finished High School and just starting the Sixth Form at Gambia High School where the same mutual friend was also in Upper Six. He was known to many as […]
The British Colonial Mismatch
The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present day Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along […]
Dopamine Detox: It I’ll Change Your Life
Merve Yılmaz Dopamine detox: It will change your life If you can’t read even for 5 minutes or study and think you have a distraction this post for you. Photo by Roger Bradshaw on Unsplash If you clicked this writing it is possible that you can’t focus now on things you used to […]
Why Nigeria Gold Medalist Shed Tears
When Tobi Amusan climbed the stage of the 2022 World Athletics Championships to pick up the Gold medal.. she had no tears streaming down her eyes.. Then the national anthem of Nigeria was played.. Tears rolled down her eyes! Tobi Amusan remembered how a country that refused to sponsor its […]
Think of What You Can Add More Than What You Can Take
There was a circulated photo of a vulture waiting for a starving Sudanese girl to die and feast on her during the 1993 famine in Sudan. The photo was taken by Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist who later won the Pulitzer Prize for this ‘amazing’ shot (edited and left […]
Six Leadership Principles To Learn From An Eagle
1. Eagles fly alone and at high altitudes. They don’t fly with sparrows, Ravens and other small birds. Meaning: Keep away from small minds. Those that bring you down. Eagles fly with eagles. Keep good company. 2. Eagles have an accurate Vision. They have an ability to focus on something […]