A Gambian navy commander declared wanted by the government has fled with his family, Kairo News sources confirmed. Lt. Commander Momodou Badjie, an Administrative Officer of the Gambia Navy, is declared wanted by the government after efforts to ascertain his whereabouts were fruitless. In a televised statement, Badjie was accused […]

The Gambia government is at it again, selling to the general public the reported escape of a senior military official from its jurisdiction. We at Kairo News have and will always greet such news with pinch of salt by a government that breeds on misinformation. How many senior government officials […]

PROGRAM FOR ACCELERATED GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT(PAGE) , A RESOUNDING FAILURE! The Government of The Gambia has long been claiming it is committed to reducing poverty and improving the well-being of its population. Thus the regime’s claim of being committed to its long-term strategy of Vision2020, that it had been trumpeting […]

The women of South Africa have had enough of education discrimination in the name of Virginity Test. They took to the streets to register their anger over KwaZulu-Natal province major’s scholarship to young women for remaining virgins. This, according to the mayor’s office, will encourage others to be “pure and […]

The road to December 2016 general election has opened long since but it is a road that is already bumpy, to call spade a spade and not a rake. The field is not levelled, and the Electoral Amendment Act did not help matters either. It is a make or break […]

Close association versus fear and material gains. There have been lots of noise of late on the problem of Gambian singers. Prominent amongst them is Jaliba Kuyateh and other younger singers who praise Jammeh now and then. Although Jaliba Kuyateh is largely sidelined by President Jammeh and it is no […]

Even as he battles for survival at the intensive care unit, Jammeh’s mercenary judge is still anxiously waiting to hang journalist Alagie Abdoulie Ceesay as if she is not a woman. Our society expects a woman to exercise mercy in whatever she does. But who is blaming a judge who […]

Gambian cleric has advised Muslims to strive hard to better understand their religion. Only this can save them from craving in the darkness in search of light where it does not exist. Momodou Ceesay, the Chief Resident Imam of Detroit Islamic Center in Michigan, said one effective way to know […]

The unexplained death of the remanded Secretary General of the Gambia Transport Control Association (GNTCA) has left citizens of a police state searching for answers in a land where transparency exists only on paper. Sheriff Dibba died in state custody on Sunday yet the government is refusing to explain why […]

The re-election of Uganda’s aging President in a contest in which opponents were tamed with brutal force is another clear manifestation of how African leaders insult democracy. Yoweri Museveni’s win with over 60 percent of the votes was a foregone conclusion. His government was hellbent on winning, no matter what […]

Saturday marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination of one of Africa’s greatest and visionary leaders. General Murtala Mohammed, the man who ascended to power after July 30th, 1975 military coup, spent only six months in office. But his presence would be felt forever. Murtala’s predecessor, General Yakubu Gowon, was […]

Every responsible government preoccupies itself with turning citizens taxes into providing basic amenities, infrastructure and services. The very rationale of having a government is to give chance to others to become servants of civilians. That’s why government employees are called civil servants, although ours are Jammeh servants. As a representative of […]