The Saudi Arabian authorities have announced that the official date for Pilgrimage [Hajj] to start will the 22nd of September. Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam and it is mandatory on all Muslims who can afford the travel expenses to perform the duty. Yet many Muslims leave the duty […]
Author: Suntou Touray
The Godfathers: Fabakary Tombong Jatta, Et Al
By Suntou Bolonba Baba K Jobe is not the only political Godfather of the Gambia. Blame Gambian writers and intellectuals for their failure to say nothing about the Jammeh dictatorship. Apart from Dr Baba Galleh, Dr Sedat Jobe, Dr Abdoulie Saine, Late Dr Boro Suso, Dr lamin J Darboe, Dr […]
What Is President Jammeh Scared Of
The Gambian President is always surrounded by soldiers, he does not even trust police officers or plain clothes protection security. Why? If a man causes restlessness and fear to others, he became the first victim. Even if the allegation police prosecutors are labelling against Teranga FM MD Abdoulie Ceesay is […]
Journey Planner of Stranded Vessel in Guinea
For the many Gambians in U.S, Spain, Denmark, U.K and other places who have their items trapped in the doom vessel. Kairo News got family members of the vessel claiming that their love ones are not responsible for any drugs found in the Cargo…here is the journey the Cargo took to […]
Meet Gambian Google Genius Lemu Coker
Kairo News reproduce the interview of a Gambian young Google business genius Lemu Coker. Lemu is an inspiration to many black and Gambian young people with ambition to break grounds: By Daron Pressley Name: Lemu Coker Profession: Retail Business Development, Google Age: 33 I have contributed to the tech world as […]
US Applauds Gambia Amnesty With But
Press Statement John Kirby Department Spokesperson Washington, DC July 28, 2015 The United States notes President Jammeh’s decision to pardon and release at least 200 prisoners and welcomes, in particular, his decision to release, after a lengthy period of detention without charge, family members of the December 30, 2014 coup […]
Tamba’s Picture Speaks Volume
As the old saying goes, pictures speak louder than words. As such a picture adds flavour and meaning to a story. That is exactly manifested in the case of Lt. General Lang Tombong Tamba who is visibly seen old and unrecognisable as he left prison this morning. The question becomes […]
What Is Gambian Political Struggle About?
Is it a sign of a maturing Leader or is he playing a game of Chess! We didn’t hear any request of forgiveness to Gambians or admittance of fault in the turbulent 21 years in power. Where is the humility, some serious mistakes were done. Remove Roadblocks to Multi-party democracy, […]
‘Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university […]
The Betrayal: Gambia Colludes With Italy
Bloodsuckers! A batch of 150 Gambians is reported to have been deported to the Gambia last week from Italian refugee camps. Kairo News was contacted by a lady whose adopted son successfully made the suicidal journey across the hostile deserts to the war-torn Libya to brave the Mediterranean sea. […]
The Holy Qur’an And The Ethics Of Fasting
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh The Qur’an reminds us that fasting is promulgated upon us as it was promulgated upon the nations before us so that we get piety (taqwa). Similarly it enunciates clearly that the Qur’an was revealed on a blessed night-Night of Power in the holy month of […]
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
In this one hour documentary, BBC has conducted search for the forgotten Britain Slave Owners. The video tries to locate the identities of those slave owners who were compensate huge sums of money. These families were compensated up to £17 billion to free their slaves. This is a must-watch documentary […]