By Joe Sambou A Good day for Gambian protest movement, as citizens piled into Washington to barricade dictator Jammeh. Folks, it is a good day for Gambia. I am very proud of the men and women who sacrificed their time and money to confront the murderer in the Gambia – […]
Author: Suntou Touray
Let Jammeh Stop “Chackoo” Talk
By Sarjo Bayang In the Gambia, the pet name for parrots is chackoo. Some keepers of parrot as pet grow fond of the fine colour bird and train them how to whistle. Does that make parrots talk sense? Yet people enjoy the melody of whistling by pet parrots. Humans who […]
‘Islam Is Not An Ideology’
“Islam is not an ideology, it is a religion. Religion is more than an ideology because there is divinity in religion. Being religious does not mean being pessimistic. Be positive about the world, Islam is about uniting the hearts, this is why Muslims stand shoulder to shoulder. Ideologies are sets […]
Breaking News: Yahya Jammeh Conferred New Title
Amir al-Mu’minin (Commander of The Faithful Believers) President Jammeh’s new title. There is comedy going at the bizarre Gambian Presidential residence in Banjul. Religious leaders gathered to bestow even more ridiculous noble and high sounding titles and honour on the Gambian dictator. The Banjul Imam, state that the new title is […]
Eid Mubarak: New Moon Is Sighted
Kairo News wishes the entire Muslim Ummah (community) a happy Eid Mubarak. The Muslim holy Month of Ramadan fast is completed today. The New crescent moon has been sighted in many countries. The Mufti of Australia and the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia all announced the sighting of the new […]
Gambia Lost Over 20,000 Lives In Time Value
By Sarjo Bayang Cost of burden in keeping Yaya Jammeh as president for 20 years Critical assessment of damage incurred by Yaya Jammeh since 1994 reveals true life loss in thousands. This evidence is clear to see without complicated mathematics required. Gambia has a population pegged at 2 million. Everyone […]
Do Not Dump Your Religious Values For Secularism
Mr. Yankuba Jobe is the Guest of our Special Ramadan discussion on Religion, Tradition and Secularism on Kairo Radio today. “The key reason for our relationship breakdowns is due mainly to our non-spiritual attitudes and the abandoning of our core traditions and faith,” an experienced diasporan Gambian told Kairo Radio. Mr […]
‘I’m Not Qualified To Lecture On Religion’
“Secularism is good in so many ways because we don’t have a monolithic religion in the Gambia, and even within the same faith groups, people tend to have some variations in the way they conduct their religious affairs,” the former Wuli West Member of Parliament tells Kairo Radio. Sedia Jatta […]
Remembering Bubacarr M Baldeh; The Man Who Would Be Gambia’s 2nd President If …
By Mathew Jallow His spirited personality was perpetually highlighted by the spectacular intersection of charm and simplicity; of ordinariness and intellectual sophistication, but Hon. Bubacarr M Baldeh’s genius was defined more by the precocious political skills he effortlessly manifested early in his short life. The passing away, this week, in […]
Dr. Saine Should Resign From The Apex OF CORDEG
By Mai Fatty Dr Saine may be a great activist or academic. Instead of uniting, he has proven incapable to hold the units together. Instead of fostering consensus and unity, his leadership produced dissension, disunity, acrimony and endless internal bickering. I have been silent since the withdrawal of GMC from […]
A Slap On The Face Of All Fulas; An Insult To Other Gambians
By Mathew K JallowIt hit Gambians across tribe and geographic location like a ton of bricks. For Fulas around the country and in the diaspora, it is a slap on the face, but for others, it was downright insulting. The denial of burial, of late Hon. Buba Baldeh, in […]
The Late Buba Baldeh’s Last Wish
“If President Jammeh denies my body to enter the Gambia, bury me in Madina Qunas in Senegal,” Late Bubacarr Micheal Baldeh As if the political hero knew what would happen after his death, Bubacarr Baldeh instructed close relatives that, if he didn’t recover from the stomach complication from which […]