Medina United Football Academy players jumped with joy when national team coach Jonathan McKinstry stopped by their training grounds last week. Everyone at the Yundum facility buzzed with energy as the coach checked out their sports complex. After walking around the entire property, McKinstry told everyone how happy he felt meeting the squad and seeing their setup.
The academy leaders thanked McKinstry for making time to visit and share his football wisdom with their organization. Both the coach and Medina United agreed they wanted to work together to improve football across The Gambia. The academy plans to partner with McKinstry and other coaching experts to help Gambian football grow stronger. Academy officials later released a...
Gambian athletes demand better training spaces, especially real tracks meeting world standards. The Gambia Athletics Platform reports athletes struggle without proper tracks. They train on makeshift surfaces far below what international competitors use. These athletes feel frustrated watching rivals from other countries practice on quality tracks.
Sports development authorities barely responded to these concerns. Athletes train on hard ground, which increases injury risk and limits their potential. Many question why the Gambia Athletics Association remains silent instead of advocating for better facilities. Critics think the GAA should lead efforts to secure improved infrastructure through government partnerships.
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Niger faces major fuel shortages right as rich countries change how they give aid to Africa. These problems tell African nations they must work together more, especially countries like Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. These three nations decided to leave the Economic Community of West African States for good. They told ECOWAS about this in January 2024, but the group gave them until September 2025 to change their minds.
Last December, Niger's leader Abdourahamane Tchiani went on TV and blamed Nigeria without any proof. He said Nigeria tried to cause trouble in Niger. The foreign minister Bakary Yaou Sangare also claimed Nigeria helped sabotage an oil pipeline. Niger called in a Nigerian official to hear these complaints. Nigeria rejected...
Attorney General Dawda Jallow has not explained why he pushed back the debate on the 2024 Draft Constitution to June. Many people guess the different reasons behind this delay. Some think it gives more time for the government to persuade National Assembly members before voting. Others believe officials need time to fix parts that critics hate. Whatever reasons exist, Jallow and Dr. Muhammed Ibn Chambas must work hard to win enough votes for this draft many see as serving President Barrow.
Yes, some meetings happened about creating a new draft after the 2020 version failed. But the 2024 Draft does not reflect what came from those talks. The discussions focused only on the 2020 version. The newest draft completely changes direction from...
People try to look special by saying they can heal others or have magic powers. Many dictators love it when others think they have superhuman abilities. Some even force citizens to treat them like gods through twisted logic.
Haiti dictator Papa Doc Duvalier changed the Christian prayer to praise himself instead of God. He wrote about himself as sacred and cursed anyone who opposed him. Turkmenistan ruler Saparmurat Niyazov named weekdays after himself and claimed his book would guarantee heaven if read three times.
Uganda tyrant Idi Amin kicked out Asian residents and claimed God personally told him to do it. Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh said he received direct orders from heaven to cure diseases. He declared he could fix AIDS...
Dodou Jah quit his job yesterday as second-in-command speaker for the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party. He told The Standard newspaper about his decision right after making it public. Jah explained he feels useless because his position lacks real tasks or purpose. He believes stepping away makes sense when leaders should handle clear duties.
Jah said the current leadership team fails to match what regular party members truly want or need. He decided someone else might serve better in his role instead of staying where he contributes little value. When reporters asked whether he planned to join another political group, Jah firmly denied having any such plans. He stressed he never discussed switching parties...
Serekunda's head chief sent a letter to The Standard about the Gaddafi Mosque land crisis. He says everyone plans to fix the problem by talking it out with all parties involved. This news comes after earlier reports from The Standard about angry community members. They had earlier threatened court action against the Sheriff Division and a company called Supersonicz Financial Limited.
The fight centers on mosque property that changed hands in 2019. Sheriff officers sold the land after Supersonicz won a D1.6 million lawsuit against their former worker, Demba Marena. Serekunda elders under Alieu Momar Njai's leadership say big mistakes happened during this process. They claim the community rightfully owns that land, not Mr. Marena, as the...
Appeals Court Judge Veronic Wrights threw out the Gambia Tourism Board's request to hold off giving Lamin Bojang a job. The court said GTBoard fired him illegally in 2022. Bojang took his former employer to court when they cut his contract short without proper cause.
High Court Judge Sidi K Jobarteh had already sided with Bojang earlier. That first ruling declared the firing unlawful and awarded him D30,000 cash. It also ordered GTBoard to hire him back and pay all missed wages starting from April 2022. GTBoard hated this decision and fought back hard.
They filed papers at the Appeals Court trying to reverse everything. They also asked the court to block Bojang from getting his job or money until their appeal was finished. Judge...
Zimbabwe's top police official, Stephen Mutamba, says he can't approve or block the planned protests. His response came after citizens told him they wanted to march against the government all across the country tomorrow, March 20. These protesters blame President Emmerson Mnangagwa for high jobless rates and the failing economy.
Mutamba wrote back to these citizens on March 18 in a message he also shared online. He made it clear they sent their notice to the wrong office. The citizens had written to him on March 14, saying they wanted to tell the Joint Operations Command about their peaceful nationwide protest plans.
The Joint Operations Command brings together leaders from the army, air force, prisons, intelligence services, and...
