By Tabora Bojang One Abdourahman Kanteh, a teenage shopkeeper in Sukuta, resident in Mariama Kunda, has taken his own life, The Standard can confirm.Sources said his body was discovered in the early hours on Sunday when a regular bread supplier found him hanging from the roof of his shop. The incident shocked the neghbours and [...]

By Omar Bah A forum of some 300 participants from all Sahelian and West African countries and development partners discussing food crisis in the two regions has commenced in Banjul yesterday, months after The Gambia government declared a status of food insecurity.This year’s flagship event focuses on food and nutrition issues in West Africa and [...]

By Omar Bah Representative from the UDP, GMC, APRC and CSOs Saturday converged at the University of The Gambia to brainstorm on the new Gambia and as well discuss the way forward.The forum was organized to commemorate the December 1st, 2016 presidential election dubbed National Democracy Day.The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress, Mai Fatty [...]

By Fatoumata Joof Mustapha Sallah, a young Gambian who embarked unsuccessfully on the perilous irregular ‘backway’ after being rejected visa to study in Taiwan, has been speaking about his ‘horrendous’ experience.Sallah said his journey started in Nigeria, where he went to apply for a visa to Taiwan, but was denied together with other colleagues in [...]

Sub-Regional Training By Amie Sillah The Senegal-Gambia- Bissau Guinea Women Peace Forum held two workshops from 19 to 25 November 2018 in Ziguinchor. Participants were trained on the Techniques on Communication and Negotiation in the first workshop and on the Difference between Mediation and Negotiation in the second. Three participants attended from the Gambia, [...]

By Juldeh Njie Key charity, a non-profit foundation has donated nineteen bicycles worth over fifty-seven thousand dalasi to Pakau Njogu Basic Cycle School in the North Bank Region.Modou Ida Bah, the alkalo of Pakau village, said the gathering marks a very important day in the history of the school, adding that the gesture will help [...]