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On 27th April 2012, the debonair print journalist, writer and publisher of The Standard newspaper wrote an essay that connected him to readers and critics...

Once upon a time, before The Gambia was Gambia, there stood surrounding the river which is now called the river Gambia a large kingdom....

African unity as a dream of the founding fathers of the OAU remains a distant one, in a time when Africa is swamped with all forms of ideologies and concepts of governance. However, uniting our forces for the protection of the rights of the common African man and woman is not beyond our reach. Ideological differences might as well exist like it did during the heydays of the fight for African independence from the clutches of colonialism, but that doesn't mean we should not unite when it comes to more urgent matters...

Dear editor,

Introduction

Everywhere you go in The Gambia you see people, both young and old, retailing all sorts of consumer items mostly in small quantities. This large group of entrepreneurs categorised as micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, collectively contribute substantially to economic activity and growth. But this contribution usually goes largely unnoticed due to the absence of formal business registration among MSMEs...

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The fight against poverty seems to be as old as mankind. The fight has taken various forms and approaches that include attempts to understand the high prevalence of disease, hunger and strife....

Tracing your roots is a key to opening the door to self knowledge, which is the essence of man himself. The Roots International Homecoming Festival which is organised by the Ministry of Tourism is a fair indication of that relevance for not only people of African descent, but also those who were born and bred in the motherland; for linking the two divided and distant kith and kin, cognition of our mutual sameness is realised. ..

The scene was royal, richly paneled hall and oriental rugs. Men and women attired in the classiest of apparel. It was a convergence of the best and the brightest musicians in the world. The venue was Buckingham Palace and the Queen was seated with the coveted undisclosed giant prize for the winner...

GAMCOTRAP in partnership with the Child Protection Alliance (CPA) wishes to express its sympathy and concern over the recent attacks and abduction of the 200 plus Nigerian girls in the name of Islam....

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