A big question mark has been put over Seyfo Soley's purported move to the Cyprus premier tier club, Apollon Limassol, after neither the club nor the Cypriot media reported the deal.
The 30-year-old Gambian international was reportedly reported to have ended a three-year football holiday by signing a season-long deal with Apollon in September 2010. The former Banjul Hawks, FC Sint-Niklaas, Lokeren, Genk, Al-Hilal and Preston defender later confirmed the move to Observer Sports, saying it was a lucrative deal that will take effect from January 2011, after the Cypriot club exhausted their 17-foreign-player limit.
But since the purported signing of the contract in mid-September, neither Apollon nor the Cyprus media is making mention of deal. A further search at Apollon's official website has it that the Gambian has no connection with the club, hence casting doubts over the reliability of the previous report. Seyfo has been out of action for many years after failing to find a club since leaving English club Preston North End at the end of the 2007 season.
He played as a trialist with Scottish side Motherwell in July 2008, and was also given a trial with Norwich City in the 2008-09 season under Glenn Roeder but was not offered a permanent deal.
allAfrica.com: Gambia: Doubts Emerge Over Seyfo's Cyprus Move
allAfrica.com: Gambia: The New Police Recruits
We congratulate the newly passed out Gambia Police Force (GPF) recruits for successfully completing a rigorous training to become part of the gallant men and women entrusted with the task of maintaining law and order in this country.
We hope that the new recruits adopt themselves to the core values of the police, execute their duties professionally, and above all conduct themselves in a disciplined manner in accordance with the vision of our leadership.
The GPF has undergone increasing modernisation over the years, the new intakes should therefore be proud of themselves and endeavour to be disciplined by putting behind them all acts that could in one way or the other tarnish the image of the noble institution. They should also at all times remember that unity and discipline are fundamental prerequisites for development.
The Gambia - CNN iReport
CNN producer note
miquelpp, of Amsterdam, took his wife to Gambia in August because he wanted her 'to experience a bit of real deep Africa' and also have an 'ecological' holiday. They stayed at a low-carbon-footprint lodge called Footsteps Eco-Lodge in Gunjur -- a small coastal town in south-western Gambia -- and took public buses to visit nearby cities and some local soccer games. Photo #9, with its colorful ribbons, was taken at a tailor's shop in the central market in Banjul (the capital). 'The ribbons are for the colorful African garments,' he said.
It was miquelpp's second trip to Gambia. He said it is a peaceful country with significant tourism from the United Kingdom and Spain, as there are direct flights to Banjul from London and Barcelona.
- dsashin, CNN iReport produceriReport —I've been twice to Gambia so far. What I can say about this country is that people is always smily and willing to talk and chat for a while. Is definitely a poor country of those which have the "developing country" label as an objective, rather than a reality. What we saw this time, in the south bank close to the city of Brikama was a community of people that make roughly 1$ per day or a few cents more, in substantial poverty, without tap water, sewage etc. not to talk about any kind of public service. But as I pointed out most of people look happy and healthy. I don't think hunger is a problem in the country (at least for what I saw).
That said nature is magnificent and the number of birds you can observe there are second to none. Also the vegetation is beautiful and close to rainforest.
There are several things you can do in Gambia, but definitely enjoying nature and the companionship of Mandinka people is one of them (I guess also the Diola and other ethnical groups are as friendly as the Mandinka).
BBC - World Class - Showcase
BBC World Class is working with Atlantic Rising to hear from young people living around the Atlantic Coast.
It's the turn of students at Marina International School in Bakau, Gambia to share their thoughts.
I think global warming will affect us drastically in the future. The temperature is already 35c on average and it will get worse. The heat is too intense and animals might lose their natural habitats.
We have the responsibility to look after the natural environment. If we don’t who is going to? It’s our world, we’re in charge and we should take care of it.
Some people in Gambia can’t afford to look after the natural environment. The poor have to spend each day figuring out how they’re going to feed themselves. If they have kids they have to figure out how they’re going to feed them. They don’t have time to think about the environment.
It’s turning really hot now. Most of the countries around us are having floods, for example Guinea Bissau and Senegal, because they have flat lands and when it rains the water gets to their houses and stuff. In the future if we don’t take action it will destroy lots of houses, because when it rains water gets into people’s houses and sometimes they collapse.
I live near the sea in Bakau. There are a lot of trees. There’s a river and a swamp. Fishermen make the area quite dirty and we cannot swim in that zone of the beach.
The weather is very hot here in Gambia. When it rains, it rains a lot. At night it is a bit cold.
It’s difficult to notice if the weather is changing because it is hot all the time. We can see in other countries that the weather is getting hotter. Maybe it will affect Europe, because the ice caps are breaking and there are so many tornadoes going into different countries.
It is the responsibility of each national government and the UN. They should make rules – less cars in the streets, limiting cars by size of family.
