Our special report on this edition of DayBreak West Africa is WADR’s award-winning journalist Sankulleh Janko, titled Sold Dreams…testimonies of loss from irregular migration.
Over the years, millions of Dalasis change hands, money scraped together, borrowed, or raised by selling family land and treasured assets—all in pursuit of a dream: Europe.
But for many, that dream ends not with success, but with silence, detention, or return… and deep, lasting regret.
In dusty compounds across The Gambia, the signs are quiet, but telling. A sold plot of land. An empty cattle pen. A missing son.
In this special report, Sankulleh Janko, explores the human cost behind the numbers, how hope is fuelling a high-stakes gamble, and how the dream of a better life often comes with a price too high to pay.
