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Buba K Touray
Dec 20, 20243 min read
Opinion: Peak Fishing Season in Gunjur – A Time of Prosperity, but at What Cost?
As the peak fishing season begins in Gunjur, it brings with it a wave of opportunities and benefits. The bustling shores, filled with...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 15, 20241 min read
Urgent Call to Address Waste Management Crisis in Gunjur
Several months ago, Gunjur Online highlighted the severe waste management crisis plaguing the community. Families living near an...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 16, 20242 min read
Gunjur Ward Councillor Clarifies Waste Dumping Issue
In response to growing concerns about waste management in Gunjur, the Ward Councillor, Hon. Momodou Charreh Gibba has issued a formal...
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Abdoulie Darboe
Aug 25, 20244 min read
Gunjur Youth Movement, Brikama Area Council, NEA Join Forces for Coconut Planting Initiative
Gunjur, The Gambia - In a powerful collaborative effort, the Gunjur Youth Movement, in partnership with the Brikama Area Council and the...
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Abdoulie Darboe
Aug 17, 20244 min read
Environment: Gunjur Goes Green As Successful Indigenous Tree Planting Exercise Ends at Nyamina Community Forest
Gunjur, West Coast Region – The Nyamina Community Forest in Gunjur on Saturday, 17th August hosted a highly successful indigenous tree...
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Gunjur Online
Aug 6, 20243 min read
Special Report: The Devastating Impact of Illegal Sand Mining in Gunjur
Gunjur, The Gambia - Gunjur, once renowned for its pristine coastlines and lush forest cover, is now facing severe environmental...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 28, 20242 min read
Falcons FC, Real de Gunjur and others present rubbish bins to Gunjur Market and Health Centre
The recent community initiative led by Falcons FC of Gunjur, in partnership with Real de Gunjur and other contributors, has successfully...
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Gunjur Online
Jun 17, 20242 min read
Gunjur VDC acquires land for a dump site
In an effort to address the massive waste disposal challenges facing the coastal settlement, the development committee headed by...
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Gunjur Online
Apr 29, 20245 min read
International Bird Fair and Ecotourism Conference ends at Dalaba Eco Lodge in Gunjur
By Emil Gibba | 29 April 2024 | Gunjur Eco Travel Gambia in collaboration with Gunjur Conservationist and Ecotourism Association (CETAG)...
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Gunjur Online
May 11, 20232 min read
Ahmed Manjang & Lamin Jassey attend West African-China Cooperation on Sustainable Fisheries workshop
Environmental activist duo Ahmed Manjang and Lamin Jassey have attended a workshop on “Charting a Blue Future for West African-China...
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Gunjur Online
Apr 8, 20232 min read
Gunjur beach road: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Construction works on the Gunjur beach road to start within a month. The new beach road will be built with concrete instead of tarmac due...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 30, 20222 min read
Ahmed Manjang, others attend Norte Passion Workshop in Dakar
Environmental activists Ahmed Manjang and Lamin Jassey from Gunjur, Mustapha Manneh, Journalist and activist from Kartong are currently...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 8, 20222 min read
Dr Armstrong writes to the American Mission in Banjul about proposed embassy at Monkey Park
Dr Roy Armstrong writes to the American deputy chief of Mission in Banjul about their proposed embassy in the famous Monkey Park. As the...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 3, 20222 min read
GEPADG-GHEC recognises outstanding community volunteers
The Gunjur Environmental Protection and Developmemt Group (GEPADG) headed by Executive Director Mr Badara N. Bajo in collaboration with...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 31, 20222 min read
Environment: ST Brikama Boyo joins others on tree planting exercise in Gunjur
ST Brikama Boyo, Students from the University of The Gambia, GEPADG and others on Saturday joined the Gunjur Youth Movement in their...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Ahmed Manjang attends Human Rights Defenders Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya
Ahmed Manjang, a Human Rights Defender and an Environmentalist from the coastal community of Gunjur is attending a Human Rights...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 15, 20221 min read
Bubacarr Timbo Bajo attends IUCN Africa Protected Congress (APAC) in Kigali, Rwanda
Bubacarr Timbo Bajo commonly known as Falagie has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda to represent GEPADG at the IUCN Africa Protected Congress...
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Gunjur Online
Jun 27, 20222 min read
CHEC Gambia and GEPADG Executive Director Badara N Bajo attends CHOGM in Kigali, Rwanda
Mr Badara N Bajo, CHEC Gambia and Gunjur Environmental Protection and Development Group (GEPADG) a Gunjur based Climate and Environmental...
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Gunjur Online
Feb 17, 20222 min read
NAM Aspirant Bubacarr FM Colley vows to wage war against environmental pollution if elected
POLITICS: National Assembly Aspirant Bubacarr FM Colley vows to wage war against environmental pollution if elected NAM for Kombo South...
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Written by Mustapha Dumbuya
Feb 16, 20224 min read
FEATURED: Road To Bissau - Mustapha Dumbuya
FEATURED: Road To Bissau ( 11th-14th February,2022). It is with utmost greatness and elation to relay this remarkable accomplishment with...
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Gunjur Online
Jan 15, 20221 min read
ST and Global Properties sign Brand Ambassador partnership
Earlier today, one of Gambia’s biggest Real Estate developer, Global Properties has signed a Brand Ambassador partnership with Gambia’s...
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Written by Mustapha Dumbuya
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Environmental Tears: Economic growth vs Tree growth | Gunjur Online
Infrastructural development is key in boosting economic growth, enhancing industrialization, and promote modernity. The current...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 7, 20213 min read
A two day capacity building workshop for Environmental Advocacy Groups ended in Gunjur today
Greenpeace Africa has completed a two days Capacity Building with Gambia Environmental Advocacy Groups on Sunday, 7th November 2021.
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Gunjur Online
Oct 22, 20212 min read
TAF City: Foundation stone laid for a new city in Gunjur
Gambian President H.E Adama Barrow has today laid the foundation stone for a brand new smart city in Gunjur to be built by TAF Africa Global
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Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
Aug 29, 20216 min read
Why President Barrow’s Threat To Go Rogue Constitute a Self-Inflicting Hinderance Rather Than a Help
Continuous politicking is a permanent fixture in any democracy. Without such, there will be no democratic counterbalance to the...
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Ian Urbina
Aug 17, 20214 min read
Commentary: Saving the Planet While Ignoring Two Thirds of It
For centuries, humanity has viewed the ocean as a metaphor for infinity. The assumption was—and frankly still is for many people—that the...
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Gunjur Online
Aug 8, 20211 min read
Operation “Go Green” Tree Planting Exercise ends in Gunjur
A massive tree planting exercise has ended in Gunjur on Saturday. The event which was organised by the Gunjur Youth Movement was attended...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 17, 20217 min read
Press Release: The FIRST screening of STOLEN FISH (featuring ST's song) across Africa / 20-24 July
Press Release: The FIRST screening of STOLEN FISH (featuring ST's song) across Africa / 20-24 July at Accra Indie Film Fest / a...
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Basidia M Drammeh
Jul 10, 20212 min read
Op-ed: When greed shoots through the roof!
As the nation reels from its nightmarish natural disaster, certain members of Gambia’s business community are taking advantage of the...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Strong winds cause massive distruption in and around Gunjur
Last night, strong winds caused severe damages to properties in and around Gunjur. Services are also severely disrupted due to damages to...
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Marta Montojo
Jun 18, 20214 min read
Feature: The Migrants’ Minstrel
Sometimes beauty hides in dark corners. For Francesco Taskayali that beauty was to be found on detention ships anchored in the...
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Gunjur Online
Jun 17, 20211 min read
Injunction granted barring Golden Lead from women vegetable garden at Gunjur beach
The High Court has today granted plaintiffs an injunction against Golden Lead over proposed expansion of the factory’s operations into a...
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Gunjur Online
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Gun threat on the life of environmental activist Ahmed Manjang
As the December 4th presidential election edges ever closer, tensions are rising as the stakes get higher. GunjurOnline is gravely...
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Gunjur Online
May 27, 20212 min read
Breaking: Golden Lead resumes expansion works despite NEA “Stop Notice”
The notorious Chinese Fishmeal processing plant on the shores of Gunjur has on Wednesday resumed expansion works at Gunjur beach.,...
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Ian Urbina is an investigative reporter and the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project
May 6, 20215 min read
Opinion: Worsening state of seafarers
In the Suez Canal, a sideways-turned ship led to a $10 billion traffic-jam. In the Port of LA, a Covid-induced bottleneck of dozens of...
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Gunjur Online
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Malang Jarjue: The facts surrounding the death of 13 year old in Gunjur
Social media has been awash with news of a missing 13 year old boy from Gunjur and the subsequent discovery of a body in the last few...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 30, 20212 min read
BREAKING: Golden Lead issued a “Stop Notice”, ordered to evacuate all equipments by NEA
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has issued Golden Lead, a Chinese Fishmeal plant on the shores of Gunjur with a “Stop Notice” with...
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Buba Ceesay, Gunjur
Mar 23, 20214 min read
Opinion: Has the sovereignty of The Gambia been sold?
Has the sovereignty of The Gambia been sold? Looking at the way events have been unfolding recently in our Motherland the Gambia, I am...
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Omar Haruna Bah
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Opinion: The Sanyang Incident, could it fester to Gunjur?
The Sanyang Incident, could it fester to Gunjur? Sometimes it is too depressing to be from The Gambia or to love the Gambia so much. I...
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Ian Urbina
Mar 22, 202118 min read
Featured: The Smell of money by Ian Urbina
The smell of money by Ian Urbina Gunjur, a town of some fifteen thousand people, sits on the Atlantic coastline of southern Gambia, the...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Breaking: Kombo Sanyang in flames as natives clash with Senegalese folks as one dies
Breaking: Kombo Sanyang in flames as natives clash with Senegalese folks as one dies Information reaching GunjurOnline confirms the death...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 13, 20211 min read
#Breaking: Golden Lead encroachment into women vegetable garden halted as pressure mounts
Breaking: Golden Lead encroachment into women vegetable garden halted as pressure mounts on the controversial company GunjuurOnline can...
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Yero S. Bah
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Wally: Covid-19 is Good for the Environment
In an exclusive interview with GunjurOnline, Mr. Wally M. Faal alias Wole has revealed that the coronavirus is having a positive impact...
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Gunjur Online
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Dr Ceesay: Corruption has increased in The Gambia
Government sector corruption in the Barrow government has increased and continue to be a concern, according to Dr Ismaila Ceesay of...
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Gunjur Online
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Gambia needs a comprehensive Waste disposal system, says a American Environmental Intern in Gunjur
Environmentalists worldwide are crisscrossing the globe in a bid to gather scientific environmental data and evidence in order to devise...
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Gunjur Online
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Red Star Company Gives Tech Assistance To Gunjur Conservation And Ecotourism Association
Red Star company, a Gunjur based Environmental cleaning company engaged in providing a range of services including but not limited to...
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Gunjur Online
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Mustapha Manneh has been nominated as 2020 Activist of the year
Mustapha Manneh, Kartong based journalist and activist has been nominated as 2020 Activist of the year by Africans Risiing. Mustapha is...
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Gunjur Online
Jan 2, 20211 min read
Speed bumps installed as four dies due to RTAs
The youths and community leaders in the sprawling coastal settlement of Gunjur have finally taken the lead in the installation of speed...
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Gunjur Online
Dec 21, 20201 min read
UDP leader vows to end Chinese exploitation in key speech
The type of environmental destruction and exploitation of resources undertaken by Chinese Golden Lead company in Gunjur will not be...
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Yero S. Bah
Oct 24, 20202 min read
Gunjur Youth for Environment Holds Talks with British High Commissioner on Environment
The rapid loss of the Gambia’s flora and fauna is a grave concern to many environmentalists especially for the members of the Gunjur...
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