The Gambia’s former Ambassador has called for caution on fears provoked by a United States presidential hopeful Donald Trump who is on target to win the Republican Party nomination. “To be honest with you, I see Trump as the reflection of public opinion and saying things during campaigns does not […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
PDOIS Holds Convention
PRESS RELEASE ON PDOIS CONVENTION PDOIS is to hold a Convention on Saturday 19 March, 2016 at the Kairaba Beach Hotel commencing at 3pm. The main purpose of the Convention is to formally declare Halifa Sallah’s candidature and receive his acceptance, pledges and policy statement as PDOIS’ Presidential Candidate for […]
Commander Badjie’s Doubtful Story
The Gambia government is at it again, selling to the general public the reported escape of a senior military official from its jurisdiction. We at Kairo News have and will always greet such news with pinch of salt by a government that breeds on misinformation. How many senior government officials […]
Cinekambiya Int’l Gains Breakthrough
THE GAMBIA’S CINEKAMBIYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GETS THE SUPPORT OF GERMANY’S FILMINITIATIV KOELN The Gambia’s premier international professional film festival has earned a breakthrough on the global stage by winning the support of FILMINITIATIV KÖLN, one of the most respected cultural development organizations in Germany. In a letter of intent […]
West Africa Press Freedom Organisations Gather In Accra
The leading Press freedom and media development organisations from 15 West African countries have gathered in Accra for a three-day conference and strategy meeting hosted by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). The meeting commenced with a conference on media and participatory governance on March 15, 2016. The conference […]
‘Jammeh Will Eventually Drown Us’
An executive member of the opposition United Democratic Party is deeply concerned about The Gambia’s sate of affairs. “The Gambia is in a big trouble,” Ebrima Pessy Njie told a Serekunda rally on Sunday. “The country is so hard that even the rivers have started to dry; there is no […]
Union Leader’s Mysterious Death; Info Minister Embarks On Cleanup Mission
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Information Minister has refuted reports that a ‘trade union’ leader was “allegedly killed by [government] intelligence agents.” “There is a concerted campaign of calumny waged against The Gambia and the Gambia Government by Western media and their acolytes,” Sheriff Bojang told Agence France-Presse (AFP). “Even when […]
Palm Oil Tax Threatens African Farmers
Today, the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA) – the Nigeria-based public policy think tank, issued a statement condemning the French Government’s proposed tax on palm oil that will disadvantage Africa, and undermine efforts to alleviate poverty across the continent. The proposed taxes – a huge additional tax of 90EUR […]
Auto Accident Emboldens Halifa
A road accident that almost cost the life of Halifa Sallah, the presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Organisation Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) must not raise alarm, the party assured. The Jappineh incident happened in Jappineh in Jarra as the car Mr. Sallah was riding hit a cow. Sallah, […]
Gano Has Missed The Key Points
In his rebuttal to my open letter to the Armed Forces of The Gambia (Freedom News Paper, Jan 2nd. 2014), retired Lt. Col. Lamin Gano has mentioned few key points which are misleading and perhaps false. I am writing this now because someone just brought the article to my attention […]
Gambia River Basin And Its Lost Generation
By Ousman Jarra The tiny sliver of Africa’s smallest country is wedged into Senegal, and is seen as a piece in its side, or the tongue that makes it speaks, depending on who you talk to. The Gambia is a country with beaches that invite visitors to bask and hang […]
Remembering A Heroine
ALINE SITTOE DIATTA (JATTA) – AFRICAN HEROINE, PRIESTESS, & LIBERATION FIGHTER By Sainey Faye May 8th, 1943- On this date Aline Sittoe Diatta (Jatta) was arrested by the French colonial forces. Aline Sittoe Diatta was born in 1910, whilst others say 1920; but was not born inside or out of […]