By Baba Galleh Jallow Moments after I shared my article “Looking Beyond the Power-Grab” on one of the Gambian community list serves, a critic hit the reply button and called it “cowardly academic crap.” After contemplating his “cowardly academic crap” for a while, I hit the reply button and sent […]
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Dr Deaths: Is Dr Tamsir Mbowe Guilty?
History is full of medically trained Doctors who killed in helping ruthless tyrants stay in power or achieve their goals. In apartheid South Africa, doctors are said to play a major part in secret killings. However, Kairo News has recently been alerted at the daring bravado of a conventional medical […]
Gambians Should Learn Te Be Simple, Focus And Tolerant
By Deyda Haidara THE WAY FORWARD IN MY OPINION Whenever I hear that diaspora Gambian organizations should fuse into one umbrella organization, I say Oh my GOD here we go again for another messy road to the delight of Yaya Jammeh and his APRC [Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction]. […]
The Loss Of Bathurst, Loss Of Our Way Of Life
By Guest Editor Reminiscences Of Bathurst The Lost Personal account The Gambia, the West African sub-region, the entire African continent and indeed the whole world seems to be on the brink of an apocalyptic end as feared by Richard Huttington in his Clash of Civilizations perspective. To understand mine a […]
Give Caesar His Due: Gambian Opposition
By Deyda Haidara ‘In truth, UDP [United Democratic Party] is a party that can pull the crowds and the masses’ Pictures speak louder than words. I have not seen a video showing a public meeting of the PDOIS [People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism] on the net. I have […]
Family’s Tribute To Alhagi Jallow
We the under mentioned close and wider family members of Alhagi Pa Kabba Macoumba Jallow of Bakau New Town who sadly departed this world on Saturday, 29 August 2015 aged 85 years wish to register our appreciation of the significant contribution he made in shaping our lives and futures during […]
Shyngle Nyassi’s Last Seminal Interview
“I forgive all those who wronged me, all those who maltreated me, I forgave them all, because it was for the sake of fighting for a better and freer democratic Gambia I crossed path with them and they violated me. It was not because of me personally or my Nyassi […]
‘No Funds For UDP’s Chosen Rep’
The party explains reasons for its absence at the Gambia Civil Society Forum The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party has explained reasons for not being able to participate in the Gambia Civil Society Forum held in New York on October 1st. In a press release, published verbatim below, the […]
A Clarion Call To Gambian Youths
To FREE the GAMBIA. Only Gambian youths on the ground can do it In any country around the world, it is the Youths that persistently demand for JUSTICE, EQUALITY and DEMOCRACY. The Gambia is no exception to this rule. Gambian youths should now worry about the future, your life and […]
Interior Minister Ousman Sonko: The Silent Serpent Part 2
By Gambian Patriot (A Former Senior Police Officer Relates Witness Account) Just a few months after being appointed the Inspector General of The Gambia Police, Ousman Sonko had his biggest test as the head of the Internal Security of The Gambia. July 2005, a group of several unknown but unarmed […]
Dictator Jammeh: ‘The World Hates Me’
It was the big weekend news that never materialized. What exactly have been the rumors fueling in every nook and cranny of The Gambia? It is claimed that dictator Jammeh wanted to announce his intention to withdraw The Gambia from Economic Community of West African Ststes (ECOWAS) to tighten immigration […]
IMF Discusses Gambia’s Economic Sickness
A delegation of IMF officials, representing the Fund’s Executive. Board, recently concluded a nearly two-week visit of the Article IV Consultation with Gambian authorities. Article IV gives the Fund the authority and obligation to be periodically monitoring, reviewing and advising client states, implementing agreed projects and programs agreed with the IMF. […]