News stories by Saloum Sheriff Janko

  1. “Operation No Back Way to Europe” Keeps Young Farmers at Home in Gambia

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    BANJUL, Aug 24 (IPS) - Mohamed Ceesay, a 20-year-old farmer from the Central River Region in the Gambia, is a high school dropout. But thanks to an initiative to discourage local youths from emigrating to Europe, he earns almost half the salary of a government minister from his rice harvest.

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