Author: Kairo News

Politics

UDP Trashes Leadership Hoax

The leader of opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) had debunked online media reports that he had stepped aside as the party leader. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe remains the Secretary General of the UDP. Mr. Darboe was responding to an article published on What’s on Gambia website [www.whatsongambia.com] that the main opposition […]

Editorial

Jammeh On A Rift Mission In Ethiopia

President Yahya Jammeh has traveled to Ethiopia to frustrate the African Union’s plans to deploy peacekeeping mission in Burundi, a country that risks sliding into another genocide. Burundi and its neighbour Rwanda both went through genocide resulting to mass termination of Tutsis. President Jammeh is so far the only African […]

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Why Ben Jammeh Runs For His Life

Details of why the former Director General of National Drugs Enforcement Agency ran for his life are emerging, although in bits and pieces. Benedict Jammeh fled into exile in May 2013 after he had fallen apart with President Yahya Jammeh. He has since been living a quiet life in Senegal. […]

Editorial

Football Is Our Problem

The Lions of Gambia fight over Football but not on human rights. They quarrel and end friendship on Arsenal and Manchester United rivalry, some between Madrid and Barcelona… Gambian youths see the Senegalese youths active and progressive in national affairs when called upon. Just bring football on, you will see […]

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Online Media: Causes For Concern

By Bax “…operating from the Western Hemisphere, Gambian online media/radios need to learn from their counterparts in the Western media, and see how agenda driven journalism can facilitate change, through mass media.” Hidden agenda and misplaced priorities are what constitute the greatest obstacles to diaspora effectiveness in the struggle, and […]