They’re living, breathing men and women, but they walk on all fours, just as we did four million years ago. And until this film was shot and produced by 60 Minutes Australia, they were hidden away, unseen by the outside world.
Author: Kairo News
Gambian Holds Madison College’s Highest Student Position
Ousman Darboe holds the highest position a student can have at Madison College: the student representative of the district board. As the student representative, Darboe advocates for students needs to the College board and finds ways to implement solutions to the obstacles facing students on campus. Darboe has a passion […]
Barrow Receives Oil Giant Executives
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has on Tuesday, 30 April received senior executives from BP Plc, a leading global energy company headquartered in London. The courtesy call followed the signing ceremony of a petroleum exploration contract between the government of The Gambia and BP Plc, which gives legal rights to […]
Gambia’s Honorary Consulate In Mauritania Officially Inaugurated
The Gambia’s Honorary Consulate in Nouadhibou, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, has been officially inaugurated on Wednesday 10th April, 2019. H.E Mawdo C Juwara, the Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the appointed Honorary Consul in Nouadhibou Mr Ahmedna Mohamed Abdellahi Ghaillani, the First […]
IEC Chief Okays Diaspora Voting
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Elections Chief okayed upcoming reforms aimed at allowing Diaspora Gambians to take part in national elections, saying they have the rights to vote and to be represented in the National Assembly. Alieu Momar Njai made this remark Monday during the opening ceremony of a five-day […]
‘The Stability of The Gambia Is Priority’
The President of the Republic, His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has on Tuesday, 30th April received in audience the new Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in The Gambia at the State House in Banjul. After a closed-door meeting, the new top UN official, who was accompanied […]
CRC Embarks On External Consultations
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has begun its external public consultations beginning in Senegal on Sunday, 28th April, 2019 at the Hotel De Ville in Dakar. The consultative process is aimed at eliciting the views and aspirations of Gambians living in the diaspora on the drafting of the new Gambian […]
TRRC Update: The Journey So Far
The TRRC ended its fourth three-week session of hearings on Thursday, April 25, 2019. During this session, 16 witnesses testified before the Commission, bringing the total number of witnesses to testify since January 7, 2019 to 57. A significant number of these witnesses are former or current members of the […]
The President and His Vice President Are Sowing Seeds Of Dictatorship
The Constitution of the Gambia states that the sovereignty of the Gambia resides in the people of the Gambia and from whom all organs of the Government derive their legitimacy and authority. This constitutional provision clear shows that each and every organ and official of the State is legitimate and […]
Why We Remain The Same After 54 Years Of Independence?
I went to Primary School in Banjul just after independence, and could vividly remember how things where at my primary school. I could also remember how our capital Banjul looks like. After independence, most schools continue to run under colonial rules and regulations. Resources were avaliable and both pupils and […]
Ex-Junta Leaders Are Cold-blooded Murderers
Neither Sanna Sabally nor his council buddies can win over a probing mind like mine. They simply are all cold blooded murderers. As Chairman Ceesay of the Truth Commission made a heads up about the fate of that alleged “notepad in Basiru’s chest pocket”, that Sanna claimed to have been […]
A LETTER TO LATE AISHAT OMOLARA RAJI: A MOTHER WITH COUNTLESS CHILDREN
Dear Aishat Omolara Raji, I received one of the saddest telephone calls yesterday morning, the 28th of April, 2019, that you passed away. It was difficult to comprehend, my wife could not believe it, we consoled each other that it couldn’t be true and thus searched for information that could […]