Author: Kairo News

Politics

The Gambia Is Back!

Gambian President Adama Barrow has advised senior government officials “to love their country, work for it, take care of it as if it’s their own house…build it nice, keep it safe; keep it comfortable; and keep it clean!” President Barrow is convinced that “we will soon have a country everyone […]

Society

Peters’ Death Brings Back Fears

“My dad is made of tougher stuff than that. He will not quit. That is not the man who sired me. He is very determined to see a free and democratic Gambia where we can all contribute, irrespective of our political affiliation and not get jailed, tortured or killed for […]

Editorial

Why Jammmeh’s Allies Return Home

Three of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s trusted guards and aide who accompanied him to Equatorial Guinea returned home to face whatever awaits them rather than enduring endless hardship in another man’s land. Unlike other fugitives who sneak their way into the country, State Guard Commander Brigadier General Ansumana Tamba, […]

News

Let’s Build Bridges, Not Walls

The Agency for the Promotion of Global Peace and Religious Tolerance wishes to congratulate and extend gratitude to all Gambians for keeping the peace during the past year which saw the installation of a new government and return to normal life in the Gambia. The Agency wants all Gambians to […]

News

Why Some African Americans Are Moving To Africa

Accra, Ghana – They have come from the big cities of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Thousands of them. And many refuse to return. A new wave of African Americans is escaping the incessant racism and prejudice in the United States. From Senegal and Ghana to The Gambia, communities […]

Politics

Barrow at One: The Opportunities

By Saul Saidykhan Where there are big challenges, there are great opportunities. As I alluded to in Part One, the cardinal objective of Barrow’s leadership should be to lay a solid foundation that successive governments could follow to deepen the tenets and pillars of democracy at all levels of government […]

News

Jammeh Flatly Rejected My Advice

Former president John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that he was included in the ECOWAS team mediation team to settle the Gambia’s election 2017 dispute because he conceded defeat in Ghana’s 2016 election to serve as an example to the former leader Yahya Jammeh. Mr Mahama disclosed that the former leader […]

News

IGP Suspends All Political Permits

The Gambia’s Inspector General supreintendent Landing Kinteh  has suspended all political permits until further notice. The decision, contained in a letter sent to all political parties published below, was exacerbated by violence resulting from the country tour of the former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction party of Yahya […]

News

APRC Brews Brawls Again

More than a year after losing elections the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction of former President Yahya Jammeh members see relevance in brewing political violence. The party has left its footprints of violence in the Kombos, Fonis and recently in Upper River Region. Just two days back, the APRC […]