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Let This Wise Decision Mark a New Beginning

Well done to the President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade who has taken the excellent step of dismissing the former Minister for Crafts and Air Transport, Farba Senghor, for his alleged involvement in a series of attacks on media houses in that nation recently. He had publicly threatened the media houses concerned because he was displeased with certain stories they carried about him. The president made his decision because while he held ministerial office the alleged mastermind of the attacks was...

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Message for the MosqueAll the mosques on this earth belongs to Allah.  They are the houses of Allah on this earth prophet Mouhammed (SAWS) stated in hadith “Qudsi” that the Almighty stated. “The houses of Allah on earth are the mosques, those who pray in the mosques are the ones who maintenance them.  “ The Almighty will vewald the one who perform abolution in his house and go to the mosque to pay a visit (Pray) to Allah. The “Qibla” of all the mosques is the Kaaba in Mecca. It (Kaaba) is the...

Storm displaces over 200 people

At least 14 families in the villages of Kuloro, Mandinaba, Tubakuta, Giboroh, Bonto, Pirang and Faraba, all in Kombo East, Western Region, have been hit by a powerful windstorm, which left at least 200 villagers displaced. The storm struck in the wee hours of Saturday and lasted for about two hours, causing extensive damage to property. The violent storm battered many houses, leaving most of them roofless. Walls were cracked and a good number of trees collapsed in some of the villages. Even the...

Storm renders 195 homeless

At least 195 people from 13 families at Dasilami and Jiramban Villages in Foni Kansala District, Western Region, were rendered homeless after a heavy storm devastated houses in these villages. No human casualty was reported. But the storm, which struck on Sunday, left buildings and properties in ruins. Lamin Fatty, the branch officer of Western Region Red Cross Branch, said four of the affected families have been relocated to their neighbouring families, while others were, until the time of...

DRC: Torrential rains kill 15 and leave hundreds homeless

Fifteen people have died and hundreds more were left homeless after days of torrential rains in Kasai Occidental and Bandundu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a humanitarian official told IRIN. "At least 500 people have been left without shelter; some are still sleeping in the rubble of their houses while others have found refuge with their neighbours," Marie-Madeleine Kaneku, the director of the NGO Carotas in Luebo district of Kasai Occidental, said. The dead included three...

16 Houses Destroyed in Fire Disaster

At least 16 houses have been destroyed by fire in Kusalang in Lower Fulladu West District in CRR South. Speaking to The Point at the scene of the incident, Mr. Demba Jallow, the compound head, said he was called while at Brikaba Luumo to be told that there was fire on the roof of his houses. According to him, the source of the fire is unknown but it burned everything ranging from clothes, food stuffs, valuable articles, cooking utensils to a cash amount of D4,000. For her part, Ramatalie Sowe...

Fire disaster at Njau Camp

A serious fire outbreak wrecked five vehicles and a number of houses at Njau Camp in Upper Saloum District, Central River Region (CRR). A cash amount of D98,000, €6000 and CFA500,000 were not spared by the fire disaster which apparently started from a tall dry grasses near the fence which was close to the garage and raged through the camp, consuming the vehicles one by one. Although the cause of the fire continues to elude everyone, the police have mounted investigations to ascertain its cause,...

Fire at Old Jeshwang

A serious fire disaster, on Saturday, ravaged eight houses in one Yahya Jeng’s compound near the Ndangan Fish Processing Centre in Old Jeshwang, Daily Observer has learnt. The fire which started at 1 am  and lasted for almost an hour, left the victims in abject poverty as their houses were razed to the ground. Speaking to the Daily Observer, Yahya Jeng, the landlord of the said compound said the cause of the fire is still not known. He said although they were assisted by their neighbours to ...

MALI: Bad planning to blame for flood damage

In principle, the 81mm of rain that drenched the mud walled houses and bone dry fields in this town on 26 July should not have posed a major problem. “Eighty-one millimetres isn’t really that much,” said local Mali Red Cross volunteer Bacari Keita. “With good drainage it should not cause major flooding.” Instead a wall of water flooded the town’s rutted muddy streets, carrying away mud houses, domestic animals and belongings. Around 12,600 people were made homeless. Some simple plans for...

Banjul’s population on the decline

Ismaila Sambou, Secretary of State for Local Government and Lands, has said that the reduction of the population of the city of Banjul is not due to the unavailability of dwelling houses but the fact that people are increasingly attracted to areas outside the city for a number of reasons including socio-cultural factors thereby leaving the dwelling houses unoccupied. SoS Sambou made this remark at the National Assembly on Tuesday in response to a question posed by Abdoulie Saine, NAM for Banjul...