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A refutation of Kabiro Dampha’s accusations
The Standard newspaper carried in its 2nd February 2021 edition a story about a press statement issued by one Kabiro Dampha described as the...
Letters to the Editor : Saibou Hydara’s hypocrisy
Dear editor,
I read a funny article in The Standard this week about one so-called prominent Gambian in France, Saibou Mariama Hydara saying that if...
Letters to the Editor : I agree with Kijera
Dear Editor,
I read the comments of the chairman of the Victim Centre Sheriff Kijera with great interest. Kijera's assertion that President Barrow's legacy will...
Letters to the Editor : Tribalism, the nation destroyer
Dear editor,
The Gambia is generally known as the most peaceful nation in Africa, the Smiling Coast and Africa's gateway. Gambians are well respected because...
Letters to the Editor : The thriving Gambian music scene and the ST saga!
Dear editor,
I have a habit of listening to the BBC late at night and into the early hours of the morning. On a Friday...
Mission to Moscow
By Ambassador Jainaba Bah
The Fifa World Cup in 2018
The most expensive world cup to date (US$14.2 billion) was held in Russia in 2018. It...
Poets in peace building and national development
Dear editor,
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, was the winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, chartered an old ship in 1938 to resettle some...
Letters to the Editor: The plight of our youths
Dear editor,Africa is a youthful population, statistics show that the population of youth and children in Africa is rising. African youth are also among...
Letters to the Editor : Beakanyang opens URR office
Dear editor,
Beakanyang, one of the leading human rights and development CSOs in the country has announced the opening of its URR Office.
The national NGO...
Letters to the Editor : On the resolution of the ST/Independence Stadium stalemate
Dear editor,
We are pleased to announce that the Dinding Mansa album launching will proceed on February 6th, 2021 as planned. The challenge we had...
Mission to Moscow
Registration/accreditation at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Each Diplomatic staff and their family are to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow....
Letters to the Editor: On Retired Captain Yankuba Touray’s “immunity”
Dear editor,
Let me congratulate – belatedly – Lawyers Gaye Sowe, Neneh Cham, Salieu Taal and Abdoulie Fatty, who acted as friends of the court,...