Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Authorities in Old Yundum are currently investigating the heartbreaking deaths of a mother and her teenage daughter, whose bodies were discovered in their home on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Gambiaj.com – (PALELEH, Nianija) – A long-standing land dispute between neighboring families in Paleleh, Nianija, has taken a violent turn, leaving two members of Samba Jallow’s family seriously injured and raising questions about law enforcement intervention.
Gambiaj.com – (LONDON, United Kingdom) – There are fears that children in London could be taken to The Gambia to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) if it becomes the first country in the world to overturn a ban on the practice.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – The death of Phoday Bun Saikouba Jarjussey (PBS), a seasoned Gambian civil servant, was announced early this morning. Phoday was known for his dedicated and honorable service to the country at various levels of government.
Gambiaj.com – KANILAI, The Gambia – Early today, Gambian local media reported that Amadou Juma Camara, a Gambian truck driver, was shot by Senegalese soldiers near Kanilai while transporting timber from the Casamance region. Camara is currently receiving treatment at the Ndemban clinic.
The operations, carried out simultaneously on Thursday, June 27, 2024, led to the apprehension of fifteen suspects in Wullinkama. These suspects were found with twenty-three laptops and eighteen mobile phones.
In the corner of the parking lot, about 10 other recently arrived migrants chat in Wolof, a language spoken widely in Senegal and Gambia, while they wait their turn. One of them is 25-year-old Pape — who is using his nickname because of his undocumented status. He’s been in the U.S. for nine months now.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) — The murder trial of Kumba Sinyan, accused of killing her boyfriend Lamarana Jallow with a razor blade, resumed at the High Court as she commenced her testimony. The 27-year-old, currently held at the Women’s Remand Wing of Mile 2 Prison, denied the murder charge.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Gambian President Adama Barrow said Thursday that his government would abide by a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) even as a bill comes before parliament that could see the law revoked.
Gambiaj.com – (KANIFING, The Gambia) – On Wednesday, a 14-year-old girl testified before Kanifing Magistrates Court Principal Magistrate Isatou Sallah Mbai about her alleged rape when she was on her way to a drugstore.
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