Gambian President Yahya Jammeh sacrificed his long serving Interior Minister. Ousman Sonko Sonko is one of the most bloodthirsty and ruthless ministers in dictator Jammeh’s cabinet line-up. The ruthlessness of Ousman Sonko came to light in the brutal and callous arrest and murder of UDP National Organising Secretary Ebrima Solo […]
Author: Kairo News
Abduction of Former Gambian Ambassador to the AU (H.E. Momodou Sajo Jalllow
Abduction of Former Gambian Ambassador to the AU (H.E. Momodou Sajo Jalllow Dear Editor! This is an Urgent Message informing you that Former Gambian Ambassador to the African Union (AU), H.E. Mr. Momodou Sajo Jallow has been abducted on Friday morning September 2nd by the Gambian National Intelligence Agency(NIA) following the directives of […]
Manjang calls for Sarjo Jallow’s Freedom.
Manjang calls for Sarjo Jallow’s Freedom. Dear Editor, Please allow me to use some space in your well respected newspaper to express my disquiet over the disappearance and possible abduction and detention of the former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Momodou Sarjor Jallow. Mr. Jallow is a close friend, a […]
Jammeh’s Plot To Sabotage Opposition
Gambian opposition parties have been alerted to expect the road to the December 1st general election to be somehow bumpy, top security sources tell Kairo News. Yahya Jammeh, our sources add, is a paranoid leader who is not yet prepared for an opposition victory. For him, an opposition election victory […]
Who Will Be Gambia’s Next President?
The political parties and the people of the Gambia are poised for election to fill the highest position in the country. What is to happen on 1 December 2016 is unfolding day by day as candidates declare their candidature and as people take their stand. The 2016 presidential election appears to be one that […]
UDP Should Lead The Coalition But…
The main purpose of any electoral coalition is to merge the resources of two or more parties to improve electoral outcomes for the members of the coalition. This may involve uniting behind common candidates or, in plurality-majority systems, agreeing not to compete against each other in particular electoral districts. Often, […]
Tap Into The Insurance You Need
September is known for not only back to school in the United States but also the Life Insurance Awareness Month. For a quick comprehensive overview, please visit www.lifehappens.org. We at the Financial Empowerment Center wish to take this opportunity to remind our large readership the commemoration of this important event […]
How Diaspora Media Helps Jammeh
Politics and electoral campaigning are all about propaganda. Whether positive or negative propaganda it does not matter, for propaganda is propaganda. It favors or damages something period. For the longest time since the beginning of 2016, with the exception of Pa Nderry Mbye and Fatu Camara almost all other radio […]
Why UDP’s Choice Is Right
The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has finally crossed the crucial bridge of nominating a presidential candidate for December 1st election. Such a process is usually tedious and painful because hard choices have to be made. It is a process whose result is not acceptable by everyone. But the […]
First Gambian Woman Declares To Be An Independent Presidential Candidate
Most educated women have been active onlookers of the political arena of our nation for many decades. Over the recent history of the Gambia, citizens have overcome the myths about womanhood and realize that indeed as equal citizens women have responsibility to salvage the country from its current state of […]
Who Is Adama Barrow?
Until his selection as the presidential candidate of the United Democratic Party, little is known about Adama Barrow. All those who know the man describe him as “the perfect candidate. He is humble, kind and industrious man who breaks the deal. He is down to the earth,” Mai Ceesay, a […]
Why GDC Leader Can’t Be Trusted
As we approach December 2016 presidential election, Gambians have seen the formation of a new political party known as the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) which takes center stage in our political dispensation. The newly established party has a young likeable leader whose political philosophy, stand on issues of national importance, […]