D. A. Jawo I had known the late Badara Alieu Joof for more than 50 years. We first met at the Yundum College in 1972 to train as teachers and we were not only batchmates, but we also built quite a strong bond of friendship[Read More…]

For Immediate Release Germany/Gambia: Migrant Massacre Survivor to Testify Alleged Gambian “Death Squad” Driver’s Trial Progresses (Berlin, January 19, 2023) – A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 by a paramilitary “death squad” in Gambia will testify before[Read More…]

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞́ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬[Read More…]

We moved to Bundung in 1979 after a few years in Banjul, Perseverance Street. It was my mom, dad and I. Our little four bedroom Banku Bungno house would soon become a home for many of our extended family members. We had a variety of[Read More…]

Some 34 years ago or thereabout, I would come to know Ebrima Cambi through a mutual friend in Brikama. I had finished High School and just starting the Sixth Form at Gambia High School where the same mutual friend was also in Upper Six. He[Read More…]