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Gunjur-Berending Land Dispute Reaches Frightening Crescendo
The decades-long land dispute between Berending and the Darboe, Jammeh, Manjang, and Jatta Kunda clans of Gunjur has resurfaced with...
Gunjur Online
Mar 33 min read
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Aja Mariama Dabo and Fabakary Jammeh Enrolled as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of The Gambia
Gunjur - Today marks a momentous occasion for two young legal professionals as they were officially enrolled as Barristers and Solicitors...
Gunjur Online
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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The Great Escape: Unmasking Corruption Behind Buba Drammeh’s Prison Escape
In a sensational revelation on Mengbe-Kering TV, former Mile 2 Central Prison inmate, Lamin Jarjue, has blown the whistle on a scandal...
Ebrima Janneh (EB)
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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Kajabang Sports Committee Appeals Land Dispute Verdict Against Gunjur Sports Committee
Gunjur, October 27 2024 — In an ongoing legal battle over land ownership, the Kajabang Sports Committee has filed an appeal at the High...
GunjurOnline Sport
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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Two Appear in Court for Wilful Damage and Stealing Sand in Gunjur
Gunjur - Wednesday 16 October Two Appear in Court for Wilful Damage and Stealing Sand in Gunjur Bubacarr Jawo and Abdoulie Touray have...
Gunjur Online
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Momodou Justice Darboe Was Wrongfully Arrested and Detained - Lamin J. Darbo
He was the boy who would be president and the man who attained that status notwithstanding the improbability of 01 December 2016 and...
Gunjur Online
Sep 30, 20246 min read
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No Presidential Amnesty over an Adverse Finding by a Commission of Inquiry - Lawyer Lamin J. Darbo
Act No. 12 of 2023 assented to by His Excellency the President of the Republic purports to “amend the Commission of Inquiry Act 1903 (the...
Gunjur Online
Jan 29, 20244 min read
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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
Gunjur Online
Sep 28, 20232 min read
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Nation teeters on edge, as UDP protests Sabally’s detention
UDP supporters and civil rights activists are expected to take to the streets in protest against Momodou Sabally’s detention. UDP...
Gunjur Online
Dec 26, 20221 min read
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Sabally’s wife: all he wants is a better life for people
Sabally’s struggles in the arena of politics which led to his detention is motivated by his desire to see a better life for the people of...
Gunjur Online
Dec 26, 20221 min read
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Statement Condemning The Continous Detention Of Sabally - Lawyer Abdoulie Fatty
I am deeply concerned with today’s developments regarding Momodou Sabally. Mr. Sabally was arrested on Wednesday 21st December 2022 and...
Gunjur Online
Dec 24, 20224 min read
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Sabally to be charged with sedition and treason, as coup plot fails
UDP campaign manager, Momodou Sabally, will be charged with sedition and treason by the Gambia government unless there’s a dramatic...
Gunjur Online
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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Death of a pregnant mother: Tragic accident or a double murder case?
On the night of 3rd November 2022, a young mother of two who was also said to be pregnant , some say with twins died in her husband’s...
Gunjur Online
Nov 19, 20223 min read
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State vs Sainabou Mbye and others | Gunjur Online News
The case of Bob Keita 's Ex-wife Sainabou Mbye and two others resume today at the High Court in Banjul. The parties were present and the...
Gunjur Online
Aug 5, 20221 min read
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Letter to the Editor: The IEC followed what they think is the law, as we all must!
As the debate over the legality of IEC’s rejection of the Momodou Sabally National Assemby Nomination festers, Dida Jallow-Halake has...
Gunjur Online
Mar 14, 20222 min read
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The IEC cannot interpret the Constitution! - Melville Robertson Roberts Esq
As the debate on the legality of the rejection of the nomination of National Assembly Election Momodou Sabally by IEC returning officer...
Gunjur Online
Mar 14, 20224 min read
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Editorial: Is Democracy in Retreat in The Gambia?
The government of The Gambia is increasingly shedding the thin facade of democratic practice that they established back in 2016-2017...
Gunjur Online
Mar 12, 20224 min read
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Darboe accuses President Adama Barrow, Ahmad Gitteh and others in NPP for corrupt practices
UDP Press Conference: Darboe accuses President Adama Barrow, Ahmad Gitteh and others in NPP for corrupt practices Lawyer Ousainou Darboe,...
Gunjur Online
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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THE SECRETIVE PRISONS THAT KEEP MIGRANTS OUT OF EUROPE - Part 2
Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores...
Ian Urbina
Dec 16, 20218 min read
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THE SECRETIVE PRISONS THAT KEEP MIGRANTS OUT OF EUROPE - Part 1
Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores...
Ian Urbina
Dec 15, 20217 min read
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Melville Robertson Roberts seeks damages of $500,000 from the Government of The Gambia
On 4th November 2021, a lawsuit was filed at the ECOWAS International Court in Abuja against the Republic of The Gambia by Gambian...
Alex Darboe
Nov 8, 20211 min read
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Opinion: Presidential Election 2021 Nominations & the Big Questions Emerging From it
The tricky business of relying on Military Junta decrees to organise democratic elections in a post dictatorship era For anyone who’s had...
Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
Nov 8, 20215 min read
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Gunjur vs Golden Lead: Case adjourned for settlement hearing at the High Court
The civil case between Gunjur Environmentalists, Women Group and Domung Sanyang Kunda family against Golden Lead Import and Export...
Gunjur Online
Oct 28, 20211 min read
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Letter to Editor: PIU @ KMC: SLEDGE HAMMER TO CRACK A NUT!
PIU @ KMC: SLEDGE HAMMER TO CRACK A NUT! Editor, Sending the PIU to KMC to forcefully install the suspended CEO back into her office...
Dida Jallow-Halake
Aug 9, 20212 min read
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Opinion: How Yankuba Touray’s Legal Adventures Upend Society and Spook the Constitution
It is natural human reaction cum instinct to embrace any, if not the first conviction which comes by, following the occurrence of a...
By Pa Louis Sambou
Jul 30, 202113 min read
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Statement by Lamin J. Sise, Chairman of the TRRC on the Submission of the TRRC Final Report
Statement by Lamin J. Sise, Chairman of the TRRC on the Submission of the TRRC Final Report Following the end of the Public Hearings of...
Gunjur Online
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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Op-ed: The Mayor, his Deputy and their CEO: unravelling the KMC imbroglio
The Mayor, his Deputy and their CEO: unravelling the KMC imbroglio Editor, The Mayor’s interview & the CEO’s response seem to have made...
By Dida Jallow-Halake, Notting Hill, London, UK
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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Op-ed: TRRC's "Bell Of Justice" Must Toll For The Singhateh Brothers!
BARROW MUST PARDON YANKUBA TOURAY - IF TRRC LETS THE SINGHATEH BROTHERS GO SCOT FREE! Justice Jaiteh @ 1hr 54mins 42secs of his judgment...
Dida Jallow-Halake
Jul 15, 20212 min read
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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...
Gunjur Online
Jun 17, 20211 min read
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Essa M. Faal: “I have overwhelming evidence to convict Yaya Jammeh”
Essa M. Faal, Lead Counsel of the Gambia’s Truth Commission looking into human rights violations during the 22 years rule of former...
Gunjur Online
May 30, 20211 min read
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TRRC: “Gruesome, gruesome, gruesome”, Lead Counsel Faal said as Truth Commission ends public hearing
Essa Mbye Faal, Lead Counsel for Gambia’s Truth Commision mandated and tasked to investigate human rights violations during the...
Gunjur Online
May 28, 20212 min read
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TRRC ends public hearings
In a statement by Dr Lamine Ceesay, chairman of the Gambia’s truth Commision, public hearings have ended on Friday 28th May. Below is the...
Gunjur Online
May 28, 20215 min read
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Op-Ed: Gunjur Ward Councillor Gibba writes to Presidential Advisers
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISERS Marina Parade, The Quadrangle, Banjul 25th May,2021 Dear Sir, MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT " The...
Gunjur Online
May 27, 20212 min read
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Op-Ed: President Barrow gets tough, but...!
A soft-spoken leader, President Adama Barrow uncharacteristically toughened his tone as he addressed the nation to outline measures to...
Basidia M Drammeh
May 25, 20212 min read
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Press Release: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Concerns of the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) about the Spate of Crimes and Mob Justice in The Gambia Press Release 24th May...
Gunjur Online
May 24, 20213 min read
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Op-Ed: Search-and-rescue operations forced to manage Mediterranean migrant crisis…
Search-and-rescue operations forced to manage Mediterranean migrant crisis as governments shirk responsibilities
By: Holly Pate and Charlotte Norsworthy, The Outlaw Ocean Project
May 13, 20214 min read
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The Tale of Former AG & Justice Minister Mama F. Singhateh: Lies, Arrogance, and Malicious Intellect
OPINION: The Tale of Former Attorney General and Justice Minister Mama Fatima Singhateh: Lies, Arrogance, and Malicious Intellect. " O...
Dr. Binneh Minteh Former Lieutenant, GAF
May 2, 20213 min read
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TRRC: Mama Fatima Singateh: “No one writes better than me”
#trrcgambia: Mama Fatima Singateh: “No one writes better than me” Mama Fatima Singateh, a former Attorney General under the deposed...
Gunjur Online
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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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...
Gunjur Online
Apr 26, 20212 min read
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The Gambia: It is time to wake up to the threats of Drugs Cartels
It is more than three months since 118 bags of cocaine was discovered by operatives of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia...
Ebrima Scattred Janneh
Apr 19, 20214 min read
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OPINION: The new police chief should step up to the plate!
Almost one month after the Gambia’s Inspector General of Police’s unceremonious demise, Alhagi Mamour Jobe, Abdoulie Sanyang has been...
Basidia M Drammeh
Apr 9, 20212 min read
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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...
Gunjur Online
Mar 30, 20212 min read
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COMMENTARY: KEXX SANNEH “ABDUCTION”:
Dida Halake to Lawyer Melville Roberts My good lawyer, tell the police that they have more urgent matters! Kexx Sanneh “Kidnapping” –...
Dida Halake
Mar 29, 20215 min read
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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...
Buba Ceesay, Gunjur
Mar 23, 20214 min read
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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...
Omar Haruna Bah
Mar 22, 20213 min read
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Politics: BAC Chairman Sonko keeps Chairmanship of Brikama Area Council
Politics: BAC Chairman Sonko keeps Chairmanship of Brikama Area Council The Supreme Court of The Gambia has ruled that Sheriffo Sonko...
Gunjur Online
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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#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...
Gunjur Online
Mar 13, 20211 min read
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Scandal: Gambia Police Force Record keeping laid bare at the TRRC
Record keeping at Police stations up and down the country has been exposed at the Truth Commission during the appearance of the Inspector...
Gunjur Online
Mar 3, 20212 min read
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Martin Kyere, survivor of the 2005 massacre of West African migrants testifies before Gambia’s TRRC
Martin Kyere, survivor of the 2005 massacre of West African migrants testifies before Gambia’s TRRC Martin Kyere, a survivor of the...
Gunjur Online
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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Gambian Migrant Rights Activist Lambasts Gambia Gov’nt over Migration Agreements with EU Partners
Yahya Sonko: Gambian Migrant Rights Activist Lambasts Gambia Government over Migration Agreements with EU Partners The Public Relations...
Yero S. Bah
Feb 22, 20213 min read
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