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The Gambia, my beloved country

Editor, I am a Gambian, living in Rwanda. I have lived in many African countries and, whereever I go, I represent my great nation. President Yahya Jammeh is a blessing. May he live long and continue to develop The Gambia. He is a great man. I hope that The Gambia develops even more, even faster and becomes the beacon of hope for the rest of the world. Every year I visit The Gambia and, every time I go home, it gets more and more beautiful. However, I think that we need to work on the...

D2 million Mosque opened at Sukuta Banni

A new mosque with an interior capacity of more than a thousand worshippers was opened at Sukuta Banni ward, in Sukuta, Kombo North, on Friday, 14th March, 2008. The modern edifice which replaced the previous mud-block structure was financed by Gambian businessman and philanthropist, Mr. Sanna Fatty, of Samikoto village, Kantora.  Mr. Jaiteh would not say how much he spent on the project, but Deputy Imam Sulayman Sabally believes it is more than D2 million dalasi. The opening ceremony on...

In Sheriff Minteh’s murder trial deceased’s sister testifies

Yassin Minteh, sister to the late Sheriff Minteh who was murdered on May 9, 2007, on Tuesday testified before Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara in the ongoing murder trail involving Dodou Janneh at the Bundung Magistrate court. In her testimony, Yassin Minteh re-called on May 9, 2007, while at London Corner in Serre-kunda, on that fateful day, when her younger sister Mudow Minteh came and ask for Sheriff Minteh.“I told her that he’d just passed me while I was praying.  She came back again and this...

Religion

There are four religious traditions in The Gambia. 1. Traditional African Animism 2. Islam 3. Christianity 4. Bahai The first settlers of this region were animists. They believed that supreme power was possessed by a pantheon of various spirits similar to those of ancient Rome. Idols were worshipped by spilling sacrifices of wine, water, milk or blood on the ground. In ancient days human sacrifice used to take place in addition to animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice still happens. Animists...