Saudi Arabia’s most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said the stampede at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca on Thursday was beyond human control. He told the interior minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, that he was not to blame for the tragedy. Iran and several other countries have […]
Month: September 2015
The Chemistry That Binds Jammeh And Mugabe
Age shall not weary them: Mugabe and his Gambian counterpart – Parallel rhetoric and divergent destiny Dodou Jawneh President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Gambia’s president Yaya Jammeh are two interesting individuals in African leadership analysis. Both heads of state have led their respective countries for decades; Mugabe following Zimbabwe’s […]
Burkina Faso Bans Presidential Guards
By BRAHIMA OUEDRAOGO, Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s transitional president on Friday signed a decree to disband the presidential guard that staged a coup more than a week ago. Interim President Michel Kafando also fired the commander of the presidential guard, Col. Boureima Kere, and […]
Looking Beyond The Power-Grab
By Baba Galleh Jallow Every revolution is inspired by outrage. Outrage at the specter of a small minority in power oppressing a large majority of citizens. Outrage at gross injustices and often unbelievable socio-economic and cultural hardships majorities endure under oppressive political regimes. Revolutions succeed not only to the extent […]
‘Don’t Worry About Anti-Islam Noisemakers’
The Chief Imam of Detroit Islamic Center has advised Muslims to be least worried about “idea bankrupt politicians fond of taking swipe at Islam and Muslims.’ Imam Momodou Ceesay told a congregation of Eid-ul-Adha [prayer of Sacrifice] on Thursday that they should only be scared of extremists Muslims whose interpretation […]
Tobaski Day Reflection: Will Gambians Rise Up Against Jammeh?
By Deyday Haidara “It is taking the Gambia 7560 days for a population of 1.8 million and no one still dares march to State House to chase Jammeh OUT.” I am nobody, am an ordinary Gambian citizen tired of fear rule and hopelessness. For the past 21 years Gambians were […]
The Role Of African Intelligentsia & Intellectuals/”Class Struggle Revisited”
By Sainey Faye The role of the intelligentsia in the post Independent Africa is one that needs to be dissected, to better see how and why intellectuals behave the way they do; with regards to regimes and/or governments. Why a class of would supposedly highly educated workers join any train wagon, […]
Burkina Faso’s Interim President Back In Power
According to TVC a Nigerian news channel, Kafando is back in power. The involvement of the regular army paid off. Burkina Faso’s interim President Michel Kafando says he is back in power and had restored a civilian transitional government. “I have returned to work,” he said in a brief speech […]
Special Letter To President Jammeh
Mr. President, Can you tell me why your security officers are so slow and lazy that after so many years still they cannot find the detainees who were handcuffed and chained? What happens to your lazy agents of the NIA and stupid jungulers? Mr. President, do they need extra help to […]
You Are A Spin Doctor!
By Ebou Gaye You are a spin doctor! You have rubbished the recent HRW (Human Rights Watch) report on our beloved country, In your attempt to defend your master, Exposing your mercilessness, pitilessness and insensitivity to the ordeals and sufferings of your compatriots in the process You have judged the […]
Intellectuals And The African Condition
By Baba Galleh Jallow The African condition is desperate and ugly. African intellectuals know this. What are they doing about it? These old but perennially new realities were the recent subject of a series of articles and a panel discussion on Kairo News. One of the pieces published by Kairo […]
Nkrumah’s English Ladies
Editor, I notice “Deyda Hydara” shedding tears over the Madi Jobarteh Nkrumah piece. I hope this short review from my book “Freedom Essays” will cheer him up! Luntango Suun Gann Gi Book Review Erica Powell & June Milne are two remarkable English women who were by Nkrumah’s side throughout his years […]