By Jainaba Bah, Sweden Congratulations as we celebrate your appointments to serve Country and People: Koto Ebraima Manneh and Brother Ebrima Sillah: Politics is a public enterprise but the most important workloads are carried out behind the scenes within closed doors. Whilst people may follow and read your shared thoughts […]
Author: Kairo News
Exiled Jammeh Dying Slowly?
The Gambia’s exiled former President does not look healthy at all, latest leaked pictures from Equatorial Guinea show. Yahya Jammeh, who looks weak and frail, has shredded significant amount of weight. He is seen pictured along with Equatorial Guinea President Theodore Obiang and 2nd Lt. Wandifa Barrow, Jammeh’s aide […]
Stop Stealing My Work
I was the only investigative reporter or journalist who risked his life when news emerged that Daba Marena (former Director of the National Intelligence Agency) and others escaped when their prison wagon was about to somersault three times while they were being transported to Janjanbureh prisons in April 2006. I […]
Morikebba Camara, The APRC Face Behind Deportation Faux
The man in the picture above has been busted more than a week after he had thrown Gambians into state of panic. Morikebba Camara, a native of Nyakoi Kerewan in Upper River Region, abused his rhetoric eloquence to spark fake news that the Gambia’s governing coalition government has forged a […]
Africa Meeting Without Africans
Each year, delegations from Africa meet with officials and business leaders in the US for the African Global Economic and Development (AGED) Summit. This year’s event took place at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. But unfortunately, one crucial aspect was missing from the summit – any […]
Let’s Respect One Another As Gambians With Equal Rights!
The ongoing tirade against certain former elder statesmen in the social media bears the hallmark of selective disrespect and simple ethnic discrimination. Let those without sin cast the first stone. Nyang Njie, you are not the first to read economics nor the first to serve in the Ministry of Finance […]
Why We Oppose Morro Jawla’s Comeback
I, as a native of Sami District, CRR vehemently and wholeheartedly oppose to the idea of Morro Jawla’s comeback as the district chief of Sami. Morro was a big “enabler” of Yahya Jammeh government who (Yahya Jammeh) never appointed him as chief, but by the people of Sami through election. […]
Halifa Always Gets It Wrong
Sawaneh, Halifa is always getting it wrong. We are in this constitutional quagmire thanks to him and his party. They were the ones who campaigned for people to vote “yes” for a constitution riddled with inconsistencies not to mention the numerous human rights violation provisions in it. And again he […]
Open Letter To President Barrow
Mr President, please allow me to write this open letter to you regarding our beloved nation the Gambia. The Gambia saw a new dawn on the 2nd December 2016 when the citizens exercised their democratic mandate to put an end to tyranny. A lot has passed since then, however I […]
Alkali Fanka Conteh, Gambia’s Ambassador-At-Large
We mourned the loss of our late [comrades] and continue remembering our living heroes. Of the TWO SOLOS, of the Sarjo Sannehs, and of many more Gambians whose demise were in so many ways attributed to the treacherous hands of a tyrant. We remember more of the heroes in the […]
French President Admires Gambia’s Democratic Change
French President François Hollande has admired the democratic change of government in the Gambia, describing it as “a strong positive signal for The Gambia, the entire region and the continent.” President Hollande’s statement is contained in a joint Franco-Gambian communiqué published below. At the invitation of the President of the […]
Sudanese Have Had Enough!
The controversial government of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has pardoned jailed fighters from Darfur who have been in prison for many years through exchange deal with rebel groups that have been engaging on a protracted battle for decades. President al-Bashir and his government are cited for committing war crimes […]