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Gambia is My Second Home

Nigerian High Commissioner The Nigerian High Commissioner to The Gambia, Her Excellency Mrs Esther John Audu, has reaffirmed her commitment and faith in the existing bilateral relations between The Gambia and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking recently in Basse during a courtesy call on Mr Omar Alpha Khan, the Governor of Upper River Region (URR), Mrs Audu declared, “The Gambia is my second home”. She observed that the bonds which unite The Gambia and Nigeria are deep and unbreakable....

Successful Petroleum Students Finally Back Home

The first batch of 25 students who were in Taiwan for four years pursing a degree course in petroleum elite program finally return to The Gambia last Sunday. In receiving the students at a welcoming ceremony held the airport, Mr. Ousman Jammeh the Secretary of State for Energy hailed the graduates for overcoming all the challenges they might have faced while in Taiwan. “You have been armed with a lot of skills and all of us are proud of your achievements,” he said. He congratulated them for...

No Place Like Home

There is alot of debate these days about African Immigrants trying to enter Europe through what many call the “back way.”Like manyAfrican countries, The Gambia has lost many of its citizens, mainly youths, onthe dangerous seas between Spain and Morocco and despite the recurrence ingrievous loss of lives, many are still willing to brave the precariousconditions to enter Europe, which African youths have for years looked on asthe only solution. It has beenreported last week that a total of 22...

Joseph Lotaba - "I don't understand why my home was burnt"

Father-of-five Joseph Lotaba woke up on 6 March morning to fire and panic as a neighbouring village in Rift Valley's Laikipia West district went up in flames. Soon, it was his village's turn to face the wrath of hundreds of attackers who were hacking people with machetes and burning homes and granaries. This was a day after violence erupted in Rumuruti - pitting the Turkana and Tugen communities against the Kikuyu - following the killing of a suspected rustler. Calm has since returned to the...

Fitness Exercising at Home or the Gym - Which is Better

So, you have made the decision to get started exercising. Congratulations, that's a big first step. But, have you decided how you are going to begin your exercise routine? Will you be joining a gym or health club or will you be working out at home? Which is best? With all the differences it can sometimes get confusing, so let's take a quick look. Exercise At Home No doubt, exercising at home offers up several distinct benefits. - You can exercise when it's convenient for you. There is no having...

DRC: Thousands of refugees return home - UNHCR

At least 43,000 refugees returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January and October, with another 310,000 still in neighbouring countries, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Most of the returnees went to the provinces of South Kivu in the east, Equateur in the northeast and Katanga in the south, UNHCR stated in a report detailing figures of returns to and from the DRC. "The successful return of 43,000 Congolese refugees this year is the result of...

MAURITANIA: UN refugee agency calls for funds to get Mauritanian refugees home

The UN refugee agency is asking donors for US$7 million to help tens of thousands of Mauritanians return home nearly 20 years after ethnic fighting forced them to leave. Forced from their homes and livelihoods in 1989 the refugees – living in Senegal and Mali – have long insisted that their return be supervised and backed by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). In June the Mauritanian government formally requested UNHCR assistance with the repatriation. “We call on the international community to help...

DRC: First displaced return home to Masisi

Thousands of villagers who had fled the first clashes between the army (FARDC) and militias close to renegade general Laurent Nkunda in the Masisi hills, North Kivu province, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are starting to return home, according to UN sources. “We have heard that the displaced are starting to return to their homes,” said Christophe Illemassene of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It is estimated that about a...

Home Animal and Pest Control

There's never a sure thing in pest control. No matter what information you have got, regardless of how much you work to inhibit future pest control issues, there is still a chance that you may have to handle a pest. Because animals and insects are traditionally fairly resilient, some could find ways to live and thrive despite habitats that for them are not ideal. As houses and office developments move closer to their natural habitats animal pests that are considered wild, like porcupines,...

BURUNDI: Moise Barekezabe, “Home is home, despite the hardships”

Moise Barekezabe, 40, one of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Burundi, is happy to be back in the country despite living in camps, without a job or income, since his return in 2002. Barekezabe left with his parents in 1972 when he was only four, fleeing the civil war. Together with Burundian refugees who had lived for years in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Barekezabe returned home due to civil war in the DRC. When my parents left the country, we moved...