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NameMawdo
Gendermale
Country of OriginGambia
Destination CountryNetherlands

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s-1 It's summer 2013 and Mawdo is on his way to Groningen, not far from the border with Germany.
s-2 He is travelling through a taut parceled landscape of meadows and water.
s-3 He had left Senegal, where he was forced to take refuge as a journalist from Gambia.
s-4 But even there he was no longer safe.
s-5 Earlier that year an article he worked on had been published on the front page of the Gambian Newspaper Foroyaa; a story about the disappearances of journalists and politicians who opposed the regime of President Jammeh.
s-6 Mawdo had been hassled as a journalist before, but after this article his life was at stake.
s-7 He had to flee.
s-8 His wife and two-year-old daughter stayed behind.
s-9 A year after his arrival in the Netherlands he received a residence permit, and one year later he was reunited with his family.
s-10 Then somehing special happened at the end of 2016.
s-11 After more than twenty years Gambia elected a new president.
s-12 For a moment there was the threat of a civil war, because Jammeh did not want to give up power, but this was averted by international pressure.
s-13 Jammeh disappears from the scene and Adama Barrow becomes the new leader.
s-14 On his first day in office he spoke about the freedom of speech, Mawdo says.
s-15 Mawdo then decided to go back with the help of IOM.
s-16 It is safe for him now and he has a strong desire to further contribute to the development of his country as a journalist.
s-17 I love the Netherlands, but I always said that if possible I would return to Gambia.

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