It Is Another Election Year And The Wailing By Schist Confucianist Are At It Again While the country’s opposition political parties were said to be locked in closed door negotiations to chart out a way forward after four years of an ineffective boycott campaign, Gambia’s one-man ruler Yahya Jammeh slapped […]
Editorial
Jammeh On A Rift Mission In Ethiopia
President Yahya Jammeh has traveled to Ethiopia to frustrate the African Union’s plans to deploy peacekeeping mission in Burundi, a country that risks sliding into another genocide. Burundi and its neighbour Rwanda both went through genocide resulting to mass termination of Tutsis. President Jammeh is so far the only African […]
Football Is Our Problem
The Lions of Gambia fight over Football but not on human rights. They quarrel and end friendship on Arsenal and Manchester United rivalry, some between Madrid and Barcelona… Gambian youths see the Senegalese youths active and progressive in national affairs when called upon. Just bring football on, you will see […]
The End Of Yet Another Dalasi Rate Blues
The End of yet Another Dalasi Rate Blues The association of licensed foreign exchange dealers in The Gambia are to meet on Saturday 23rd January 2016 in the aftermath of government’s, or better say, Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh’s final bow down, not to mounting international pressures, but to the stubborn logic […]
Minister Sheriff Bojang Please Resign!
President Jammeh on Wednesday 13th January let it be officially made known that he was rescinding his autocratic and totalitarian directive that no woman working in the public sector was to be allowed to have any part of her hair uncovered during working hours. The official newscaster on the one […]
‘Kairaba Jawara Didn’t Listen To Me’
Before Lt. Yahya Jammeh had stolen President Jawara’s mandate, our country and her diverse people were accorded with full respect across the world. The Gambia had proven to be a beacon of hope for those African countries that were searching for democracy, the rule of law, human rights, etc. […]
Gambian Heroes And Heroines Cannot Be Quantified!
“I have news for you, there is no Superman (it’s up to us.)” -Tom Mboya, former assassinated Kenyan Minister “He who fights for honor cannot be led astray”-General Hannibal There is a silent discussion taking place among Gambians as to the level of heroism and bravery among the freedom fighters currently in […]
Sharing The Booty: Why Blame The Islamic Scholars
It’s secular educated men and women who do the diplomatic bidding for President Jammeh; it’s us who are employed in all arms of government; it’s us who choreograph the visitations of the Imams and Priest to State House; it’s us who work at the media houses disseminating the news of Jammeh’s […]
Gambian Diaspora: Watch The Propaganda Space
By Suntou Touray (Kairo News Political & Culture Editor) “Are we talking to ourselves in the Diaspora or are we truly working towards winning the ‘hearts and minds’ of Gambian people?” President Jammeh has of late pitched Gambian secular educated minority against the majority of ordinary everyday Muslims. As the saying […]
Kairo Editor’s New Year Message
The family of Kairo News and Radio wishes everyone happy, prosperous and blessed new year. Without our esteemed readers, listeners and contributors, we would have packed up and shut down. You keep injecting enthusiasm, passion and energy in us on a daily basis. You have made Kairo your home and […]
6 Presidents In Less Than 2 Years
It was an aha moment for the people of Burkina Fast, the Land of Upright People, to recount and celebrate their hard earned political success after a long and bloody fight. Burkinabes were sick and tired of a never-satisfied dictator who catapulted to power after the 1987 unpopular bloody […]
Where Is Allah’s World Bank?
Change of leadership anywhere comes with uncertainty, especially for those at the helm of affairs. Power is sweet and easily corrupts it holder. The longer the people stay in power the more they see themselves as super natural beings. One of the classic examples is our own Killer President who […]