In the surreal world of the autocracy that reigns over the poverty-stricken, miniscule West African state of The Gambia, things, as usual , have a tendency of going one way when the world outside pushes ahead on another. So while everyone else is jubilating over the sharp fall in international […]

The Meaning Of The Fass Stand-Off And What We Can Do! A drama is unfolding before our very eyes, one that can go either of two ways: explode into a violent encounter and bloody clamp-down; or an embarrassing back-down by President Jammeh’s forces of repression leading to soaring of spirit […]

By Yaya Dampha The Gambia has become a place where citizens and those living in the country are not guaranteed the rights to security of persons and properties. Although these are guaranteed by both the Gambian constitution and international laws. Human rights reports illustrate how rights violations are perpetrated by the […]

Starting Friday afternoon until early Sunday, Kairo Radio is hosting a special program on The Gambia’s bloody student demonstration. It is exactly 15 years today when trigger-happy Gambian security officers shot and killed 14 innocent people. The victims included a three-year-old boy and a journalist cum Red Cross volunteer Omar […]

The Gambian economy continues to slide down the abyss. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth continues to suffer from bad government policies and the severe drought of 2011. Despite a strong start in December 2013, the tourism season failed to meet expectations. Both arrivals and hotel room occupancy dwindled. The re-export trade […]

Kairo News Banjul sources have warned Gambians abroad, particularly those living in the United States, to be extra cautious while on vacation in their native country. The warning comes after two United States based Gambians were picked up by police at Kololi, only to be handed over to the feared […]

The woman who exposed the mistreatment of a 10-year-old girl has become news herself. Aminata Manneh, a third year university gender activist student and intern at an intern at the American Corner in Banjul, disappeared after she posted the video of a traffic police man beating the helpless young girl […]

“…a tiny group formed around persons like Lamin Janha, Junkunda Chaka Daffeh, Musa Bittaye, Koro Sallah, the late Dawda Faal and Tamsirr Jallow…the Kent Street Vous, formed around people like the late Saul Jarra, late Saja Taal, Saihou Taal, Baye Mass Taal, Saul Samba, the late Seedia Sanyang and several […]

The innocent offerings to the Satanist cult is slowly swallowing ambitious Gambian males’ eager to prove their worth to the unsatisfying cult leader. The more innocent you are, the sweeter the taste of the blood drops, tears, pain, anguish and disappointment. It emboldens the powerful maniac, it increases ego and pride. […]

One aspect of governance that is often neglected by observers is the quality of services provided by the civilian administration under micro-management of a mad autocrat like President Yahya Jammeh. The root of the problem is that Mr. Jammeh has totalitarian control over the machinery of government though he is […]

Gambians were last Saturday evening put through a false news frenzy that former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara died in a Dakar hospital. Kairo News was inundated with calls and text messages as people were in desperate bid to verify the story. As it happens, Sir Dawda wasn’t dead, and […]

The one year anniversary of Kairo News and Radio coincides with the golden jubilee celebration of The Gambia’s existence as an independent sovereign nation. The idea of the Kairo project was conceived at a time when a group of Gambians felt the need to better serve the information and entertainment […]