Culture
Let’s drink it hot: ‘mborr mborr’ tea
Let's drink it hot: ‘mborr mborr’ tea Lippus chevaleri, locally called ‘mborr mborr’ in the Senegambia region, is a herbal tea largely used in The Gambia, and other African countries for its health benefits, mint flavour and laxative effect. The [...]
UMMAH WELFARE TRUST(UWT): Set to provide 2,800 Gambian Families With Cash Grants
UMMAH WELFARE TRUST(UWT): Set to provide 2,800 Gambian Families With Cash Grants Ummah Welfare Trust provided financial grants to 500 families in Gambia’s poor Kunting region to help them this Ramadhan. These families were the first batch of large programme [...]
CONTRACEPTION: Religious Belief or Cultural Tenet?
CONTRACEPTION: Religious Belief or Cultural Tenet? The use of contraceptives has religious, cultural, and traditional norms attached to it in west African countries, particularly in the Gambia. Youth of all genders within the ages of 18 and below are [...]
CAR ACCIDENT: The Son of a Renowned Gambian Scholar Loses His Life.
Inna Lilahi Wa Inna Ilai’hi Raji’un. The son of the profound Imam, Sheikh Abdallah Fatty ( Hafithullah), was reportedly involved in a car accident which ultimately claimed the little boy’s life. The burial is said to take place today at [...]
GIVING BACK TO THE GAMBIA CHARITY FOUNDATION: Feeds Over 110 Patients at The Tanka-Tanka Psychiatric Hospital
Giving Back To The Gambia Charity Foundation Inc. USA, on Saturday 16 May 2020, donated cooked meals, undergarments, shoes, fruits and Covid-19 disinfectant items to The Gambia's main psychiatric hospital locally known as Tanka-Tanka. Giving Back to The Gambia is [...]
GARCINIACOLA: Bittercola The Incredible Plant.
-Tell Your Friends About The Healing Cola This plant have more than 10 health benefits, which you should know and tell a friend about. We can heal many diseases if we get back to our traditional and local plants. It [...]
HIJAB: Protection or Curse?
The hijab is basically a piece of cloth wrapped over the head proceeding down the chest and beneath the bosom serving as a complete cover, it is a commandment from Allah. Majority of women wrap the hijab but do not [...]
EXTENSION OF STATE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY: Leaves Gambians Hopeless
The extension of state of public emergency declared by the president of The Gambia, H.E. Adama Barrow on Tuesday 19 May 2020, through the dictates of the constitution has shattered hopes of many Gambians who expected the ending of the [...]
MOON NOT SIGHTED
New moon of #Shawwaal not sighted. Official announcement of the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia re: #EedAlFitr Alhamdulillāh, the moon has NOT been sighted here in Saudi Arabia. therefore Sunday will be 1st Shawwāl 1441, corresponding to May 24th 2020. [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Crescent Moon sighted in Senegal, Mali, and Niger.
Taqqaba’Allahu Minna Wa Minkum: May Allah accept it from you and us. The Gambia observers eid tomorrow, Saturday 23 May, 2020 Eid’ul-fitr Mubarak From KNN