Anglican Archbishop questioned what he would think of present day South Africa. Bishop Thabo Makgoba addressed an evening prayer services on the second anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death at St. Georges Cathedral in Cape Town on Sunday. He hailed Mandela’s legacy. “Today and for generations to come, Madiba will be […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
After A String Of Poor Results Gambia Axes National Coach
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) announced on Saturday it had parted ways with coach Raoul Savoy following a string of poor results. The decision came as a surprise after the GFF had earlier backed the Swiss coach following the Scorpions’ elimination in the preliminary round of Russia 2018 World Cup […]
Gambia Disputes Carnegie Settlement
The Gambia government has filed a notice of annulment of a decision by the International Centre for Settlement Investment Disputes (ICSID) awarding $31 million Australian Dollars to Astron Corporation Limited, the parent company of Carnegie Mineral. In July this year, ICSID found The Gambia government on the wrong side […]
Perpetuation Of Dictators: What Factors Are Responsible?
By Ebou Gaye It is common knowledge that many dictators succeed in perpetuating themselves or staying too long in power contrary to the wishes of their opponents and the earnest efforts made to depose them. This phenomenon leads many people to believe or argue that those dictators are intelligent, wise, […]
Imam Gassama’s Fund Drive Begins
The family of Imam Cherno Gassama is appealing to the general public to help them keep up with daily feeding. When Imam Cherno Gassama took to the pulpit on Friday October 30 2015, the cleric came in as a servant of God and as a leader very well aware […]
‘Extremists Soil Image Of Islam’
Suicide Bomb Threat Looms Over Everyone Gambian cleric has advised Muslims to distance themselves from the so-called Islamic extremists who are only “good at soiling the image of Islam and true believers.” “These bunch of ignorant extremists today leave threats hanging over innocent people everywhere,” Imam Momodou Ceesay tells a […]
Detained Brikamaba Imam “Lied About”
Kairo News investigation has proven that the detained Imam of Brikamaba Darsilameh in Central River Region has been “lied about.” Imam Cherno Gassama’s arrest and subsequent detention incommunicado followed shortly after he had delivered a sermon on the importance of responsible leadership on October 30th. He explained why “Allah enjoins […]
Independence Revisited – Part One
By Baba Galleh Jallow It is sometimes difficult to resist the temptation to entertain a controversial question – was Africa ready for independence when it happened? Was the independence Africans envisaged and anticipated the independence they lived? The evidence is troubling. Africans have certainly not enjoyed the rights and freedoms […]
Gambia, India’s Specialty Hospital Sign MoU
India’s leading specialty hospital, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, and The Gambia’s Health Ministry have signed a memorandum of understanding. The development, a significant step forward in Indo-African collaboration in the healthcare sector, will lead to transfer of knowledge and skills as well as build capacity for The Gambia. “Encouraged by […]
Kartong Crisis: Halifa Advises Jammeh
Halifa Sallah tells President Jammeh to employ preventive measures to the Kartong situation before it reaches a boiling point By Sulayman Bah The leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, Halifa Sallah has written to President Jammeh on the Kartong crisis and advised him to employ […]
You Can’t Fool The Youths This Time
VICTORY TO THE KARTONG RESISTANCE! By Ousainou Mbenga “You teach the youth that the pirate Jammeh is a great man”. The youths are awakening from the “dream life” of accountability, transparency and probity and find their future entangled in a nightmare of horror and terror. You don’t owe apologies […]
Kartong Sand Mining Crisis Deepens; Villagers Ban Councilor
The councilor at the center of Kartong sand mining brouhaha has been banned by his own people. Councilor Lamin Jamba Jammeh, himself a Kartong native, has been punished for orchestrating the persecution of the youths who oppose illegal sand mining in their area. Kartong gains nothing from the mining that […]