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Breaking the omertà: The Story of Moja-G

By Jainaba Bah “The police had to see everything, know, understand and have power over everything. The strength and perfection of their machinery appears...

Breaking the omertà: The Story of Moja-G Part 4

By Jainaba Bah This article is dedicated to Abdoulaye Wopa Krubally. Wopa, the abandoned one! May your soul rest in perfect peace! Amen! “To speak...

Breaking the omertà: The Story of Moja-G Part 3

By Jainaba Bah MOJA-G had some contacts in the barracks, that is to say members. Mustapha Danso was one among them. In-as-much as speculation...

Breaking the omertà: The Story of Moja-GBreaking the omertà: The Story of Moja-G Part 2

There was a BANG on the door! Then A BIGGER BANG with the words: DUMO SARHO! OPEN THE DOOR! DUMO! OPEN THE DOOR! Then...

Breaking omertà The Story of Moja-G

By Jainaba Bah Introduction It was in the wee hours of an early October month. The year was 1983. I had three counting four months...

EU negotiates deportation agreement with Gambia

By Mustapha K Darboe The Gambia government may not have signed an agreement with the EU to deport migrants but the two parties have started...

Amadou Samba man of the year 1992 Culled from The Gambia News And Report, December 1992

It was already afternoon on 31st December, 1991, when Amadou Samba as usual walked up the stairs and went into his Banjul office. He...

Amadou Samba – A Brief Biography Culled from The Gambia News And Report, December 1992

Mr. Amadou Samba was born in a polygamous family set up at 34 Wellington Street, the so-called “Half Die” area of Banjul. His father...

Africell certifies 69 staff

By Omar Bah The country's leading GSM operator Africell, on Friday certified 69 of its Customer Care staff who underwent an intensive three-week in-house training...

Virtues of Muharram and fasting on ‘Ashura’

By Salih Al-Munajjid MUHARRAM 1439H (2017CE): According to the Umm ul-Qura calendar and the decision of Saudi Arabia, 1st Muharram was on 21 September 2017CE....

Reliance donates to The Gambia Police Force

By Omar Bah Reliance Financial Services Company, a non-bank financial institution, Thursday donated office equipment to Serekunda, Sibanor, Barra and Brikamaba police stations respectively. The items,...

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APRC Not Party To 3 Or 5 Years

By Mafugi Ceesay Momodou Camara, the National Assembly Member for Foni Bintang Karani, has told The Standard that APRC is not a party to either...

‘GPU not consulted on media services bill’

The Gambia Press Union has disclosed that it was not consulted on the drafting of the medial services bill expected to be tabled before...

Justice ministry backtracks on criminalising parental insults

By Omar Bah The Ministry of Justice has back tracked on a provision in the amended Criminal Offences Bill which is expected to be tabled...

Resurgent Gambia to tame Congo’s devils today

The unusual air of confidence that gripped Gambian football in the wake of a 3-1 win in faraway Angola last week could escalate to...

Gambia to spend D9.4B on debt servicing in 2020

By Omar Bah The Gambia's finance minister Mamburay Njie will be presenting the budget estimates for 2020 fiscal year today at the National Assembly and...