Author: Kairo News

Editorial

Feared Disappearance Of Imam Sawaneh

Arrest, Detention and Feared Disappearance of Imam Alhaji Ousman Sawaneh Let Us All Help Free Alhaji ousman Sawaneh.!!!! Imam Alhaji Ousman Sawaneh was arrested by agents of the National Intelligence Agency NIA)  on December 8th, 2015. State refused to release him since the High Court ordered his release on March […]

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9th Week Trucker’s Boycott

Senegal-Gambia stalemate continues Trucks carrying goods for Senegal’s southern region take longer but cheaper way round, than a shortcut across The Gambia, costing it custom revenue. SENEGAL said it’s waiting for a regional delegation to help resolve a truck drivers’ boycott of Gambia which is entering its ninth week, starving its […]

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Desperate Gambian Visa Queues In Senegal

The decision by foreign governments concerned about the depleting human rights situation to close their embassies in The Gambia have forced citizens of the once embassy-friendly country battle the pain of crossing the borders in search of visas. A country once dubbed the ‘Smiling Coast’ has now been turned into ‘frowning and crying Coast’. Gambians […]

Politics

Jammeh Sacrifices Mustapha Carayol

President Yahya Jammeh has finally got the muscle to fire the illegal occupant of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) leadership. Mustapha Carayol’s reported firing has been confirmed by  Kairo News sources. Until his firing, the embattled IEC Chairman had been under pressure to vacate the position. Mr. Carayol knows his […]

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UDP Militants Chants: Step Down

A longer and more clear video of UDP Serrekunda entry. Some older people walked all the way from Latrikunda to Westfield without realising the body ache that will come later. The demands are growing for a peaceful resistance. “Let Unity prevail because Yahya Jammeh is finished,” one observer told Kairo News. […]

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UDP Spectacular Entry From Basse Congress

UDP Entry To KMC Showed unprecedented demonstration of support after the party’s acclaimed Basse Congress. The amount of people that poured out on the street led to some militant supporters and diaspora groups calling for the welcoming to be converted into mass civil protest. Lawyer Darboe and his new Executive […]