With credit to Gambian historian Ensa Touray of the University of The Gambia (UTG) and his students visit to the ancient Fortress of Kansala (present day Guinea-Bissau). A short but very insightful video painted a historical narrations of Kabou conflict. However, one gets to see the present realities of Kansala […]
Author: Suntou Touray
Gambian Tragedy: Husband Kills Wife, Sets House On Fire
By Suntou Touray Confirmed Reports Indicate that at least five Gambian couples killed each other in the West in recent times. Three cases were reported in the United Kingdom, one in Sweden and one in the United States. The figure could be higher if depression and heart attack related deaths […]
Kairo News Hit A Million
We’re Grateful To You All It is time for us to thank our highly committed community of readers and listeners who made a million hits a reality last Sunday. You are simply awesome bunch of esteemed patriots. We’re grateful to you all! When Kairo News and Radio came into existence […]
Tribalism Surfaces Only In Politics
Gambian ethnologist has attributed ethnic conflicts in Africa to political power struggle. Ebrima Kamara, who has conducted many researches and studies on ethnic issues in Africa, said the vast majority of trigger points have to do with political power struggle between competing elites. “The elites create the environment where the […]
Col. Sarr: The Devil Who Knows Too Much
By Suntou Touray “If you are willing and ready to be an effective human campaigner, then cut out the number of people you chat with freely. Whatever we utter – in camera or in public – can be used against us.” Suntou What Does Samsudeen Sarr know? Did anyone remember […]
The Ballot Box Or The Bullet?
Kairo Radio anchor has revived the controversial debate about whether Gambians can rely on the ballot box or the bullet to bring back democracy, the rule of law and human rights. African civil rights activists have been trapped in this persistent dilemma, which makes the […]
A Rotten Soldier’s Betrayal In Grand Scale
A former lazy celebrity soldier who walked the streets of Serrekunda, Banjul and Yumdum with nothing in mind but pump, bluff and showmanship has once again shown his true colours. Arrogant to the core, Sam Sarr betrayed himself, his family and military colleagues after bowing down to the vulture like […]
No Word On Taiwan: Cheque Book Diplomacy
Gambian dictator avoids any mention of Taiwan’s right to attain sovereignty at the United Nations. It has been a trademark of President Yahya Jammeh to champion the independence and sovereign rights of Taiwan in every single United Nations General Assembly meeting for the past 19 years. However, due to the […]
Marriage Crisis Among Gambians In West: Love Becomes Casualty
By Suntou Touray (Bolonba) ‘The reasons and motivations for divorces are primarily material, not violence or mistreatment as projected to the western social services. Men in the Gambia should start asking in-laws whether they’re giving daughters in marriage as we know it or for hustle. Since the same parents place […]
The Legacy Of Kaabu Kansala
By CO Kamara (Historian) Hi Kairo Radio, I am a big fan of your educative and entertaining radio programs. I very much enjoy the eloquent conversational discussion by Musa Saidykhan and Yaya Dampha. And with Fabou Sanneh also. I am sent back to the past by Suntou Touray’s Tariko oral […]
Fatou Jaw Manneh Goes to Washington
By Foday Samateh Unlike James Stewart in Frank Capra’s classic political drama “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” she didn’t go there with any high-minded illusions to do good. She went there simply to cause trouble. And trouble she caused along with her fellow travelling band of happy rabble rousers and party […]
Time Cost and Human Capital Damage of One Man Rule in Gambia
An autopsy by Sarjo Bayang Money and material loss quickly comes to mind whenever people talk about 20 years misrule in Gambia. By good account of time and human capital cost since the advent of military dictatorship, overall loss to Gambia as a nation is scary to imagine. Freezing Human […]