The Gambia Car Dealers Association is sounding the alarm over the central government’s failure to honour the allocation of a promised land in Yundum. They say the refusal to fulfill the promise threatens dealers’ livelihoods and the economic contributions of the car sales industry. The contested site, dubbed Car City, was designated for vehicle sales…
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-The Gambia) has issued an urgent call for restraint amid escalating tensions between the neighboring communities of Gunjur and Berending in the Kombo South District of The Gambia’s West Coast Region. The decades-long land dispute between Berending and the Darboe, Jammeh, Manjang, and Jatta Kunda clans of Gunjur has…
The community of Berending in the Kombo South District, West Coast Region (WCR), have pleaded with the government to lift the embargo on land they claim to legally own, after a court ruling. The said area was a subject of dispute between Berending and the Darboe Kunda clan of Gunjur. According to the villagers, both…
