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Following Hydara's death, Saine continued to edit The Point, making it a daily in 2006. It soon became the Gambia's only independent newspaper. 2009 arrests. On 2 February 2009, Saine and Point reporter Modou Sanyang were arrested by Gambian police for suspicion of "publishing and spreading false information". Sanyang was released with a ...
The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, the Gambia. [1] The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, [2] [self-published source] was founded by Mae Gene and Kenneth Best in 1990. [3] Kenneth Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia, until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to ...
June Milne (22 June 1920 – 7 May 2018) was a British historian and publisher particularly known for her association with Kwame Nkrumah whose literary executor she was. [1] [2] [3] June Milne died in Norwich on 5th NOT 7th, 2018.
Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof (22 October 1924 – 2 April 2011) commonly known as Cham Joof or Alhaji Cham Joof, (pen name: Alh. A.E. Cham Joof) was a Gambian historian, politician, author, trade unionist, broadcaster, radio programme director, scout master, Pan-Africanist, lecturer, columnist, activist and an African nationalist who advocated for the Gambia's independence during the colonial era.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. [a] [8] Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [b] it is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. [9] It is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the ...
Omar Sey. Omar Baru Sey Ne Oumar Barou Sy (2 February 1941 [1] – 2 March 2018) [2] [3] [4] was a Gambian politician who served as the foreign minister of the Gambia from 1987 to 1994. [5] He was dismissed from his post in 1994 following the 1994 overthrow of the government by Yahya Jammeh and the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council.
The Point. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022 "Relief as Gambia's new president says homosexuality 'not an issue' ". MambaOnline. 15 February 2017. Bah, Omar (30 April 2018). " 'Barrow LGBT Statement Blown Out of Proportion' ". Standard News – from The Gambia. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022
Banjul (UK: / b æ n ˈ dʒ uː l /, US: / ˈ b ɑː n dʒ uː l /), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital of The Gambia. It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely populated metropolitan area .