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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...
Buba K Touray
Dec 20, 20243 min read
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Backway Journey to Europe Claims Another Young Life from Gunjur
Gunjur, The Gambia - The Gunjur community is mourning the loss of Pa Jola Darboe, a young man from Gunjur Madina Kunkunding who recently...
Gunjur Online
Nov 4, 20243 min read
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GRTS’ Famara Badjie Recounts His Brother’s Tragic “Backway” Journey to Europe
Gunjur, The Gambia - GRTS’ Famara Badjie Recounts His Brother’s Tragic “Backway” Journey to Europe On this day in 2023, GRTS journalist...
Gunjur Online
Oct 19, 20243 min read
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Backway: Gunjur mourns as two young men die onboard a boat to Europe
Modou Charreh, son of Papa Charreh and Alieu Susso, son of Adama Jammeh of Gunjur have been confirmed to have lost their lives when their...
Abdoulie Darboe
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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Backway: Tragedy as death of young Saffie Jallow is confirmed
As the cost of the menance of the backway to Europe continue to cause havoc in communities up and down the country, this medium is...
Gunjur Online
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Breaking: Coordinated operation twarts would-be migrant boat from leaving Gunjur
As the “Backway” migration to Europe onboard wooden boats from Gunjur shows no sign of slowing down despite the cold weather season,...
Gunjur Online
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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GUNJUR - Coastal Town Bleeds from Impact of Illegal Migration
November 8, 2023 marked two years since the disappearance of a boat load of about 200 would-be migrants, largely from Gunjur
A Special Correspondent
Nov 9, 20233 min read
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Editorial: “Backway”: Lest we forget, 8th November 2021
Exactly two years ago today, about 200 youths, 39 of those from the sprawling coast town of Gunjur left the shores of Gunjur onboard a...
Gunjur Online
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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'Backway': The most guaranteed and sometimes fastest way to get a visa is through the academic route
"From my experience, the most guaranteed and sometimes the fastest way to get a visa is through the academic route." - Wuyeh Jobe
Gunjur Online
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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'We will reach spain, or we will die' - “backway” migrant
As the “backway” migration route to Spain reaches fever pitch, one Gambian migrant was matter-of-fact when their wooden canoe was last...
Gunjur Online
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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Tributes pour in for late Bakary S. Touray
Since the announcement of the tragic loss of life of Bakary S. Touray, fondly called ‘Baraka’ or ‘Gerrard’, tributes and condolences have...
Gunjur Online
Nov 2, 20232 min read
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Breaking: Bakary Touray, AKA Barakah Gerrard looses his life enroute to Spain
Gunjuronline has received the devastating news of the passing of a promising young lad from Gunjur as he tries to reach Spain having...
Gunjur Online
Nov 1, 20231 min read
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Kombo South Youth MP Hon. Omar A. Manjang expresses concern over Fishmeal factories, others
The First Ordinary Session of the 9th Youth Parliament for 2023 got underway this week at the National Assembly Chambers where the Green...
Gunjur Online
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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The Unsettling Surge of Illegal Migration in Coastal Gambia
The coastal areas of Gambia, including Gunjur, Tanji, and Kartong, have become epicenters of a distressing surge in illegal migration,...
Gunjur Online
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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Body found on Gunjur beach on Saturday
A body of a man, probably in his early twenties, was found around Kuba Lodge Beach on Saturday. The body was badly decomposed when it was...
Gunjur Online
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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Backway: Boatload of migrants from Kartong unaccounted for two weeks on
Gunjuronline has received information from concerned families who are worried about the whereabouts of over 200 young people who left the...
Gunjur Online
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Another migrant boatload left Gunjur for Spain on Sunday
As the menance of the irregular migration from The Gambia to mainland Spain festers, another boatload of migrants left the shores of...
Gunjur Online
Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Coastal communities grapple with illegal migration
With instability in Libya and greater curbs on illegal migration through the Mediterranean, a new front has opened in costal Gambia with...
Gunjur Online
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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Gunjur missing migrants: Search mission team arrives in Mauritania, files first report
The search mission team for the missing migrants from Gunjur and other parts of the Gambia have arrived in Mauritanian Capital of...
Gunjur Online
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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Backway: Reps from Gunjur meet MOFA Director for Migration and Diaspora
Earlier on Friday, representatives from Gunjur spearheading a search mission to Mauritania for the missing 200 migrants who left the...
Gunjur Online
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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