The innocent offerings to the Satanist cult is slowly swallowing ambitious Gambian males’ eager to prove their worth to the unsatisfying cult leader. The more innocent you are, the sweeter the taste of the blood drops, tears, pain, anguish and disappointment. It emboldens the powerful maniac, it increases ego and pride. […]
Author: Suntou Touray
Pipeline Mosque Marks Its Silver Jubilee
By Alhaji Ebraima Ebou Manneh Secretary General, Pipeline Mosque Foundation As Muslims we are enjoined in the Quran to: Build Mosques Maintain them in fitting dignity Visit them for purposes of devotion and Fill them with light and life and activity On the 28th of February of this […]
Brave Darsilameh Alkalo Questions Jurisdiction Of SIC
The Gambia is now officially a country where grey old men are persecuted for not committing any crimes while the youths standby and watch, enjoying their smart devices and arguing over sports passionately. Where is the faultline in our country’s bitter cross-road? Young men under the command and control of President […]
Jali Pa Suso Talks About History
The approachable and down to earth griot commonly and fondly nicknamed Jali Seattle discusses the history of Fulladou, Toumana, and the then fortress of Tambasansang. Pa Suso, who is based in the United States, elaborates on his own personal heritage. In that he stated that Jalis (griots) of the past […]
Origin Of The Word ‘Aku’
By Yusef Taylor ‘Aku a ye seneya‘ [wash it until it is clean] is a Mandingo phrase. Apparently this is where the name Aku name originates from. The Akus are an African tribe in The Gambia that are descendants of freed slaves. Akus mostly go by the last names such […]
Sir Dawda Jawara Is Alive
Gambians were last Saturday evening put through a false news frenzy that former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara died in a Dakar hospital. Kairo News was inundated with calls and text messages as people were in desperate bid to verify the story. As it happens, Sir Dawda wasn’t dead, and […]
Sadly Jammeh’s Leadership Still Has Steam To Go
By Janko Camara Re:GMC Leader Blinks Thank you Bax for your intellect and good sense of reasoning. As a keen observer of Gambians both at home and in the Diaspora, I have come to the sad conclusion that Jammeh’s leadership still has steam to go on well beyond 2016. What […]
Re: GMC Leader Blinks – A Gimmick
By Bax There is no harm in accepting an offer of reconciliation from anyone, especially a political opponent, who is also occupying the Office of President…On the contrary, it should be a commendable, reciprocal act of goodwill and love for the country, to accept sincere and genuine offers for reconciliation, […]
Mzbel Criticised For ‘Anti-Christian’ Comments
Popular Ghanaian artise, Mzbel, has angered some of her fans when she declared that she does not believe in Jesus Christ as he is a fictitious version of an ancient Egyptian deity. “I don’t want to offend anybody. I used to believe in ‘it’ but eerrmm, I did my own […]
Did GMC Leader Mai Fatty Blink?
GMC offers ‘standing ovation’ to President Jammeh The party leader of Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), Mai Ahmad Fatty, has commended President Yahya Jammeh for his “solemn executive pronouncement” forgiving Gambians abroad who might have wronged him and for proposing reconciliation outreach to them, saying they are all Gambians who are […]
Rebirth of Multiculturalism: A Muslim Perspective
By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh Pursuant to the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, murders of three Muslims in America, the killing of alleged terrorists in Belgium and the arrest of others suspected of terrorism in different parts of Western Europe, the discourse of pluralistic societies and multiculturalism or retrogression […]
Senegal: 2 New Boats To Open Up Casamance
Senegal is taking a bold step to bypass the constraint of getting to its southern province of Cassamance through The Gambia. The inconvenience of avoiding to succumb to the unpredictable and chaotic Gambian authorities will be a welcome news many people. The protracted Cassamance insurgency is prolonged due to strategic […]