{"id":47735,"date":"2023-11-23T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=47735"},"modified":"2023-11-23T06:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:19:26","slug":"water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Water Dearth for Cattle Causes Hardship for Lower\u00a0Niumi\u00a0Herders\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The cattle herders in Lower Niumi have suffered a lot this year as they struggled to provide water for their animals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This revelation was made by Ahmadou Sowe as he spoke on behalf of Lower Niumi at President Barrow\u2019s first meeting in his Meet-The-People Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe herders said there is no water for their cattle. The herders suffered a lot this year and when they became desperate, they went to their friend Mam Alieu Cherno Mu Kerr Cherno, who sunk them a borehole. Ndofan, Mbollet, Chise and Kerewan all use this borehole as a drinking point for their cattle,\u201d Sowedisclosed as he appealed for water assistance from the government for Lower Niumi herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The cattle herders in Lower Niumi have suffered a lot this year as they struggled to provide water for their animals. This revelation was made by Ahmadou Sowe as he spoke on behalf of Lower Niumi at President Barrow\u2019s first meeting in his Meet-The-People Tour. \u201cThe herders said there is no water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-47735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Water Dearth for Cattle Causes Hardship for Lower\u00a0Niumi\u00a0Herders\u2019 - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The cattle herders in Lower Niumi have suffered a lot this year as they struggled to provide water for their animals. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Water Dearth for Cattle Causes Hardship for Lower\u00a0Niumi\u00a0Herders\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The cattle herders in Lower Niumi have suffered a lot this year as they struggled to provide water for their animals. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-23T06:55:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707663.42871.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Water Dearth for Cattle Causes Hardship for Lower\u00a0Niumi\u00a0Herders\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-23T06:55:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders\"},\"wordCount\":136,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707663.42871.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/water-dearth-for-cattle-causes-hardship-for-lower-niumi-herders\",\"name\":\"\u2018Water Dearth for Cattle Causes Hardship for Lower\u00a0Niumi\u00a0Herders\u2019 - 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