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Gunjur Online
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𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫
The ongoing fibre optic installation project by Gamtel in Gunjur has sparked growing safety concerns as trenches remain uncovered,...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 111 min read
UK Supports Initiative to Empower Girls in The Gambia
Following the celebration of International Women’s Day, the UK’s Deputy High Commissioner to The Gambia, Martin Norman, has signed a...
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Gunjur Online
Feb 281 min read
Sambuyang VDC Donates Ambulance to Health Facility
Sambuyang, Feb 28, 2025 – The Sambuyang Village Development Committee (VDC) has donated a fully equipped ambulance to the Sambuyang...
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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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Sulayman (Saul) Njie
Oct 24, 20245 min read
The Gambian Healthcare System Almost Killed Me: A Journey Through Grief and Thanksgiving
It’s been a long time since I read Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking , but one line about grief resonates deeply: Grief, she...
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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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GunjurOnline
May 13, 20242 min read
Gunjur Health Centre gets first ever ultrasound pregnancy scanner
For the first time in its history, the Gunjur Health Centre has now been equipped with two Ultrasound Scanners to support pregnant women...
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Agie Cole
Dec 11, 20233 min read
Op-ed: Maternal Mortality: A Battle in The Gambia, West Africa
Maternal mortality is a critical public health issue in Gambia, West Africa, with around 800 women dying from preventable causes linked...
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Ismail Badjie, PharmD
Nov 24, 20232 min read
The Unseen Struggles of Entrepreneurship: A Personal Journey - Ismail Badjie, PharmD
Featured: The Unseen Struggles of Entrepreneurship: A Personal Journey The Call to Adventure Four years ago, I stood at a crossroads,...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 18, 20231 min read
New Walk4Health initiative gathers momentum in Gunjur
Dubbed “Healthy & Strong, the second session of the weekly “Walk 4 Health“ ended in Gunjur earlier Saturday morning. The walk saw...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 10, 20233 min read
Health Benefits of Exercise - Abubacarr F Darboe
How many times have you talked to someone about the importance of exercise? Or how many times have you seen boys bragging about being...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Diabetes and Hypertension: A Lifestyle & Diet Resultant Menace, Worldwide
Diabetes and hypertension are two significant health burdens globally. Diabetes: Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized...
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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
Jul 11, 20232 min read
India takes action against pharmaceutical companies blamed for Gambia cough syrup deaths
India, a major drugs exporting country has said that it has taken action against pharmaceutical companies blamed for deaths of children...
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Sainey Darboe
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Gunjur children in danger at beach mosque, as child dies
Children as young as five are being exposed to risk of sexual harassment and physical harm at the beach mosque in Gunjur. A US-based...
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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
Oct 25, 20224 min read
The Gambia has failed to protect her pregnant women and babies
I am aware that the Gambia is a nation of intractable sycophancy. But for us to reduce ourselves to accepting the balderdash flaunted by...
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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
Aug 26, 20221 min read
The Covid Frontliner documentary to be shown at the Creative Youth Festival in Cape Town
Gambia: The Covid Frontliner documentary produced in The Gambia is to be screened at the Creative Youth Festival in Cape Town , South...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Faburama Darboe donates blood pressure monitor machine to Gunjur Health Centre
Faburama Darboe, also known as Kampung has donated a blood pressure monitor machine to the Gunjur Health Centre. The machine was...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 29, 20226 min read
Omar Bojang: Personal Statement of an aspiring Medical Doctor
I like to think that the story of me is told in two parts. The first part long before me, and the second part long after me. Allow me to...
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Abdou Saho
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Open letter to the Inspector General of Police
Featured: Open letter to the Inspector General of Police | Gunjur Online Dear Sir, The spectacular increase of vehicles on the road has...
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Omar A.J Saho
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Commentary: Maternal mortality
No women should die in pregnancy and during childbirth. The efficiency of a government, its healthcare system, and level of development...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Help Fatoumata Janneh Seek Medical Treatment In Senegal
Fatoumata Janneh is a 22 year old student from Gunjur, Kombo South, The Gambia. Fatoumata’s education and dream of going through school...
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Basidia M. Drammeh
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Opinion: Outrageous!
It has been reported that at least 200 expectant mothers have lost their lives in the Gambia between July 2020 to September 2021. The...
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Dr. Therese Ann Markow
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Op-Ed: The other side of the coin…COVID-19 resistance, susceptibility, and outcome
People wonder why some people, despite close and even intimate contact with a gravely ill COVID-19 patient, never get sick? The answer to...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 13, 20212 min read
USA based Gambian Binta Gassama donates diabetes medication to Gunjur Youths for Health (GYH)
One of the biggest challenges facing diabetes and hypertensive patients in The Gambia is early diagnosis and when they are diagnosed,...
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Gunjur Online
Jul 9, 20212 min read
UDP COMMISERATION MESSAGE ON THE RAINSTORMS THAT CAUSED LOSS OF LIVES
UDP COMMISERATION MESSAGE ON THE RAINSTORMS THAT CAUSED LOSS OF LIVES AND SEVERE DAMAGES TO PROPERTIES ACROSS THE GAMBIA UDP stands in...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Portsmouth based Gunjurian boosts Gunjur Youths for Health
Kevin Tijan Touray on Wednesday donated medical uniforms to the Gunjur Youth for Health organisation to compliment thier health awareness...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Another serious car accident in Gunjur causes injuries
Another serious car accident in Gunjur causes injuries Gunjur has witnessed yet another serious road traffic accident on the Gunjur -...
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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 21, 20211 min read
Gunjur Youths For Health kicks off blood pressure and glucose screening
Gunjur Youths For Health kicks off blood pressure and glucose screening As part of their Community Health Outreach program, Gunjur Youths...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Dr Ismaila Ceesay: Injustice against one Gambian is an injustice against every Gambian
Dr Ismaila Ceesay: Injustice against one Gambian is an injustice against every Gambian Dr Ismaila Ceesay, presidential aspirant under...
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Reporting by Fabai Janneh
Mar 11, 20212 min read
PURA and NAWEC officials meet Gunjur authorities over water issue
PURA and NAWEC officials meet Gunjur authorities over water issue Thursday 11th March 2021 Gunjur Alikalo Alhagie Ba Giki Darboe and...
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Gunjur Online
Mar 1, 20211 min read
37,000 COVAX syringes arrived in The Gambia ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations
37,000 COVAX syringes arrived in The Gambia ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations The Governement of The Gambia has received over 37K syringes...
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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 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 29, 20211 min read
Doku Group Gambia: Engineering company pays 1,000 Dalasi reward to encourage masking
A top Gambian Engineering company,Doku Group Gambia Ltd has started an initiative that encourages people to wear masks to prevent the...
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Gunjur Online
Jan 14, 20211 min read
‘Promising’ doctor dies after ‘routine surgery’
The death has been announced of doctor Ismaila Manneh who succumbed after going under the knife for what a respected colleague...
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Gunjur Online
Jan 11, 20211 min read
New Zebra crossings installed at major junctions in Gunjur
Following installations of speed bumps in strategic locations of the coastal highway that passed through the sprawling coastal town of...
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GunjurOnline Sport
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Football: DIEGO FC are Champions of Kaajabang
DIEGO FC are the crowned champions of Kaajabang after defeating Kaajabang United in a thrilling final held on Saturday. The hard fought...
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GunjurOnline
Dec 6, 20202 min read
UK based Gunjurians donate Blood Pressure Machines to Gunjur Youths for Health
Gunjur Youths for Health, a locally based community organisation has received Blood Pressure Machines (Sphygmomanometer) from Mr Sulay...
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Gunjur Online
Dec 2, 20201 min read
EFSTH surgeon deplores ‘silent epidemic’ of road traffic accidents, deaths
A surgeon at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Dr. Kebba Marena, has raised the alarm about the upsurge in road traffic accident...
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Gunjur Online
Nov 27, 20201 min read
Jaha Dukureh: Covid put girls at increased risk of harmful practices
Renowned Gambian anti-FGM campaigner and executive director of Safe Hands for Girls, Jaha Dukureh,has assessed the emergence of Covid-19...
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Sainey Darboe, Editor-in-chief
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Dr Jaye Ceesay laments plight of cancer patients,calls for greater gov't investment in health sector
African governments including The Gambia should allocate more resources to improving health care delivery or face a campaign for...
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Sainey Darboe, Editor-in-Chief
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Scandal: PURA finds Nawec guilty of supplying ‘unsafe’ drinking water to Gunjur
The people of Gunjur have been at the receiving end of ‘unsafe’ drinking water for five years thanks to severe neglect on the part of...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 26, 20202 min read
Ahmed Manjang: My target was to Lecture at UTG but ended up at MRC Gambia
Ahmad Manjang is a native of Gunjur who had his first Degree in Microbiology from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom...
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Sainey Darboe
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Gambia: ‘Cancer patients get sent home to die,’ survivor laments
The lack of early detection and intervention for people with cancer due to poor health care facilities in The Gambia has meant that...
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Gunjur Online
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Sibindinto FC installs ceiling fans, light bulbs at Gunjur Health Centre
Sebindinto football club, also known as YSB were at the Gunjur Health Centre on Saturday with electricians to install 10 ceiling fans,10...
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