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  By Tunkang Kambano Kombo Yiriwa Kafo (KYK), a charity organisation together with West Coast Region and the Kanifing Municipality Village Development Committees (VDC) have launched an ambitious partnership toward the path to enforced community service delivery.  During the recent inception meeting at the Region Education Directorate in Brikama, various stakeholders expressed optimism that the partnership will forge a more corporation and experience sharing between the local government structures for robust community development. Famara Buli Sanyang, Secretary General of Kombo Yiriwa Kafo encouraged VDC members to show strong commitment to the partnership. He said bringing together all the VDCs within Kombo will provide the much needed collaboration towards the development transformation of communities.  Establishment of Village Development Committees is sanction by the Local Government Act 2002. Members of the committee are unanimously elected by community members to lead their develo

     By Tunkang Kambano Amid the increasing land grabbing for gardening, cash cropping, which is threatening the traditional livestock production system. It is against this backdrop that the Gambian Environmentalist Modou Sowe, has urged the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) to gazette the demarcated stock routes and grazelands in the country.   In an interview with The Outpost Media, Sowe, pointed out that the protection of livestock routes and grazing lands is highly necessary, however, he also said that it is equally significant for herdsmen to start modernizing production.  “We need to shift from extensive to intensive, from subsistence to commercialized livestock production, and from ageing farmers to youth farmers. Since independence,  the Gambia government and its development partners like FAO, IFAD, and Action Aid International have mapped, marked and demarcated numerous lands for stock routes and grazelands throughout the country and are still demarcating more lands for s

    “Solo Sandeng: The Tiger, the Leopard and the Jaguar” By SHEIKH HAMMA JAITEH -The wheel of Gambian history was rusted and halted when the indomitable Tiger was captured and imprisoned illegally by the forces of brutality! -His tragic but honourable heroic death is the spark which ignited the flames of revolutionary zeal and political veracity! -He is the catalyst for positive but non violent social and political changes and an accomplished fighter against corruption and depravity!   -Solo Sandeng is a paragon of virtue,an epitome of righteousness and an icon of revolutionary tenacity.   -The entire universe is paying homage to Solo Sandeng the Tiger of the jungle of justice and political rationality.  -History will forever present his gallantry and bravery to the present generation and will accurately narrate his peerless valour to posterity. -The imposing image of the  tiger will continue to inspire the good souls of our society but will be haunting the sinful souls of the wicked

      By Sheriff Saidykhan Teachers across the country have for the past years decried the low income wages, blaming the government for its lack of support to help mitigate their growing challenges. It is against this backdrop that teachers have today embarked on a nationwide sit-down strike demanding better wages. Lamin Jammeh, a senior teacher at Biriwama Upper Basic school said teachers are facing numerous challenges, chief among which is the poor working conditions. This, he added, has been the government's lack of responsibility to help motivate teachers. “Teachers in the country are struggling for decades without any consideration from the government, especially the provincial teachers who are working under serious weather conditions. All that we hear from the government is that the work they are doing is part of the national development plan. Looking at the recent strike by the teachers which is the responsibility of the government, how can they promise to increase the sala

    By Lamin Gibba  The assistant head coach of Serrekunda East zonal team Ebrima Sarjo has said that, securing the third place of the GFF zonal competition, is a great victory for Serrekunda East and the entire community of Serrekunda East.  “This is what we wanted even though we were out but we also know that third position is a very good position if we end up taken it. So it’s a very good finish for our campaign. So that is why we did not take the game lightly. We took the game very seriously.” He said.  Coach Sarjo made these remarks shortly after his side 3-0 victory against Sanyang zonal team during the third-place race of the 2022 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Super nawetan championship game played at the Serrekunda East Mini Staduim on Friday 30, December 2022. Alagie Wally, Assan Jallow better called ‘Saas’ and Balla Lowe were on target for Serekunda East in 61st, 72 and 90 minutes respectively.  He further thanked the management, the board, the players and the fans saying

  By Sheriff Saidykhan   Educator, Philosopher, Revolutionary, Sheick Amadou Bamba was/is regarded as one of the founding pioneers of Islam in West Africa. His times and era were during the period when modernity, and race for wealth was beginning to impinge on the lives of Muslims by the French in Senegal, West Africa.  Revered by many as one of the greatest Saint's in Africa. He was born in 1853 in the village of Mbackè Baol. His parents; Morr Anta Sall and Mam Jarra Busso were all Islamic scholars. Mamine Mahram Mbackè, his grandfather was the founder of Mbackè. His father was a Qadi and also a Fiqh adviser.  He is widely credited for establishing a linked with the Muslims in southern Mauritania.  His mother, who taught him the early education of Islamic knowledge, also played an important role by exposing and teaching him the thematic areas of “Nahw”Arabic grammar, “Sarf” morphology and “Balàgha” rhetoric.  Plus telling him the stories of the Prophets.  His umcle Muhammed Bu

  Image: Domestic workers being illegally advertised for sale or rent |Times Newspapers reports how “ Maids are trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market ”| By Shayma Bakht, Riyadh She will work day and night and does not need rest, boasts Noura, a housewife in Riyadh. Gesturing to the cowering Ugandan maid next to her, who is 23 according to Noura, she adds: “If she does something wrong, you just send her to her room and do not let her out.” Noura, who clutches gold Gucci sunglasses as she bargains for a price of £3,500 for the maid, is eager for a quick deal when she talks to an undercover Times reporter. “I can take her to your home tonight,” she says. “If you are still unsure, no problem, you can rent her instead . . . But tell me now, because by tomorrow someone else will buy her.” Noura advertised the domestic worker   on Haraj.sa, Saudi Arabia’s largest online marketplace, through which a Times investigation shows that hundreds of domestic workers are being   illegal