Why didn’t Obama toy around with long-serving African dictators? What will Barack Obama be remembered by in the way he handled African despots. I am struggling to see his legacy in helping Africans be better equipped to end tyranny and dictatorship. The war in Syria is now a full blown […]
Author: Suntou Touray
Former PPP Minister Landing Jallow Sonko Passed Away
By Ebrima Sillah Hon Landing Jallow Sonko: A Man Of Impeccable Integrity I am deeply saddened to hear the death of former Minister of Local Government and Lands, Landing Jallow Sonko which sad news took place last night in Senegal where he was rushed following involvement in an accident. Hon […]
Mogho Naba: Burkina Faso’s Mossi King
Whilst traditional kings and queens have vanished in Gambian social and political life, Burkina Faso’s Mossi King Mogho Naba played a crucial role in ending the standoff between the regular army and the State Guards. The King who played a neutral broker made sure the regular army and the will […]
EU Observers Say Guinea Vote Valid
Guinea opposition protests European Union observers gave Guinea’s presidential elections a clean bill of health on Tuesday despite protests by opposition supporters who accuse President Alpha Conde of rigging the vote to win a second term. The EU observer team said that logistical problems including lack of voting materials and […]
Kudaah Be Lonbi Faala: One Woman’s Suffering Captured In A Song
The Chedo song that the late Musa Ngum sang in Mbalax eulogises a woman who suffers abuse and torment due to her lower rank/status within her husband’s royal household in the then Kabou empire. Many people don’t know the meaning of KUDAAH be Lonbi Faala, Turulan duuka Be Lonbi Menkan (the pounding wood will kill ‘Lonbi’). Lonbi Banora was the wife […]
Dangers And Risks Of Fighting A Tyrant
By Suntou Bolongba ‘Kairo News is in possession of names of even Gambian scholars/intellectuals who travel around with Jammeh’s sanctioned diplomatic passports. The implications for such intellectuals are that they cannot in any way or form condemn the dictatorships or oppression taking place in our country.’ There is one cardinal philosophy […]
Basse/Wulli Road: Dusty And Dangerous
The Former MP for Wulli Nyakoi area Honourable Sedia Jatta will be disgusted with the current state of the main road linking Basse, Wulli and Sandou district. Travellers and public transport owners have sent photos to Kairo News complaining of the daily woes they encounter during the terrifying and dangerous journeys. […]
Burkina Faso’s Interim President Back In Power
According to TVC a Nigerian news channel, Kafando is back in power. The involvement of the regular army paid off. Burkina Faso’s interim President Michel Kafando says he is back in power and had restored a civilian transitional government. “I have returned to work,” he said in a brief speech […]
Nkrumah’s English Ladies
Editor, I notice “Deyda Hydara” shedding tears over the Madi Jobarteh Nkrumah piece. I hope this short review from my book “Freedom Essays” will cheer him up! Luntango Suun Gann Gi Book Review Erica Powell & June Milne are two remarkable English women who were by Nkrumah’s side throughout his years […]
Joint Burkina Faso Military Want Presidential Guards Out
The ultimatum is will soon reach a crescendo, who will blink, State Guards or regular Burkinabe army? The Burkina Faso revolution is taking on a new shape. As in Gambia, where President Jammeh relies on his trusted State Guards, who are armed to the teeth, with unprecedented powers, Burkina Faso […]
Face To Face With Intellectuals Who Matter
Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, Lecturer Sainey Faye and Kebba Nyanchor Sanneh A series on the position and roles of Gambian intellectuals in the political struggle has kicked off on Kairo Radio. It is a topic that needs to be discussed, dissected and understood. What role intellectuals and academics have […]
An Open Letter to African Intellectuals
By Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire — The tag, ‘intellectual’ in reference to Africa refers to a certain type: western educated and visible in western media, maybe published in the West and maybe teaching at a western university. Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire writes to this type of African Intellectual. Kenyan writer and intellectual Ngugi […]