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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
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Gunjur Online
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 7, 20232 min read
'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
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Gunjur Online
Nov 7, 20232 min read
'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...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 2, 20232 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 30, 20232 min read
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,...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 23, 20232 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 23, 20232 min read
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄: Gunjur Conservationists & Ecotourism Association
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 by Gunjur Conservationists & Ecotourism Association on the recent killing of a hippopotamus that was given to...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 16, 20233 min read
Gunjur beach road construction work begins today
The much anticipated construction of the strategic Gunjur beach road finally kicks off on Monday 16th October 2023. As with anything in...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 15, 20235 min read
Politics: Remarks by Bob Touray, the Chairman of UDP Finland Chaper
Bob Touray, Chairman of UDP Finland Chapter and Diaspora Campaign & Organizing Committee addresses the chapter’s fundraising event in the...
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Dr. Bakary J. Sonko
Oct 6, 20236 min read
Commentary: An Opinion on the Banning of FGM in The Gambia
For a while now, there has been a growing call from some parliamentarians in our National Assembly as well as from Islamic scholars to...
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Gunjur Online
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Ousainou Bojang’s Lawyer urges State to put client before a competent Court without further delay
Barrister Dr. Lamin J. Darbo, Lawyer for the accused in the recent shooting incident involving PIU officers
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Gunjur Online
Sep 27, 20231 min read
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐈𝐔 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐈𝐔 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬...
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Gunjur Online
Sep 27, 20231 min read
Sanna Darboe receives The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Gold Award
Sanna Darboe, the youngest son of late Ba Janko Darboe and brother to Barrister Dr Lamin J. Darbo, Edrissa Darboe, Ousman Darboe and...
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Gunjur Online
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh donates food items worth D90,000 to Mile 2 Prisons
Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, a Political Scientist and former Information Minister under the exiled Gambian President Yaha Jammeh has today...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
Sep 12, 20234 min read
Opinion: Chairman Yanks Darboe and the Gambian Conundrum
Every failed government needs an enemy to blame for their failure. The Gambia’s is no exception. And for President Barrow, there is no...
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