Is it illegal indeed? I think it is a misnomer at best and stupid at worst to classify the journeys by mainly young Africans across the Sahara and the Mediterranean to Europe as illegal. It is not. In the first place these people have a constitutional right to leave their […]
Freedom
Urgent Action Needed As Radio Director’s Whereabouts Remain Unknown
The managing director the Gambian Radio Station Teranga FM, Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay, was taken on 2 July by two men and since then his whereabouts are unknown. Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay is the managing director of Teranga FM an independent Gambian radio station which has been targeted in the past for […]
What Did America Give Blacks?
I often hear my white conservatives counterparts say that blacks think that the “America owes them something” and that blacks only want entitlements. They make it sound as if America has given blacks everything that they currently have and that blacks have contributed nothing in return. So What Did America […]
The Story Of Gambian Journalist (Part 1/2)
Statement on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture The absolute and non-derogable prohibition against torture is routinely disregarded by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s regime, which has subjected countless Gambians to torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment and treatment for over twenty years. In light of this widespread […]
The Day Gambia’s Press Freedom Died
ON THE 22ND JULY 1994 WAS THE DAY THAT THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN THE GAMBIA DIED!!! By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands Today is the world press freedom day. This is supposed to be a day of joy, and a day of celebration for the press all over the world, but […]
Philosophical Thinking Part 2
By Alhassan Darboe The discourse on the relationship between the body and mind, how they affect each other as a result of their association or lack of it, has been a debate among philosophers for a pretty long time. Philosophers, many of them, have devoured over the nature of ‘human […]
Papa Faal's Family Defends Him
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man is accused of helping plot the attempted overthrow of an African country’s government. Papa Faal of Brooklyn Center is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. The 46-year-old is accused of secretly shipping guns from Minnesota to his native country of The Gambia […]
Taranga Radio Censored, Director Harassed After Foiled Coup
An independent radio station that Gambian authorities ordered to stop broadcasting from January 1 to 4 after a failed coup attempt in the country has been allowed back on air, but ordered to play only music, according to news reports and local journalists. The crackdown on community station Taranga FM […]
Past 3 Years Deadliest For Journalists
International journalists account for nearly a quarter of journalists killed in 2014 The past three years are the most deadly for journalists on record, CPJ finds New York, December 23, 2014-Twenty-three percent of journalists killed on the job this year were members of the international press, about double the proportion […]
Gambia’s Sugar-coated UPR Report
Due to public demand, Kairo News has decided to bring you the Gambia’s 2014 Universal Periodic Review report that was presented in Geneva on October 28. Gambian activist victims – Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh and Musa Saidykhan – were in Geneva for the programme. I. Methodology 1. This Report […]
Welcome To Gamrock!
By Momodou Ndow Welcome to Gamrock! Oh Gambia why Gambia? A federal penitentiary with open skies and tighter than Alcatraz Masses isolated in solitary confinement compelled to worship Babili Escape a luxury only a few can afford Corpse floating in the Atlantic Ocean from failed attempts Welcome […]
‘Islam Is Not An Ideology’
“Islam is not an ideology, it is a religion. Religion is more than an ideology because there is divinity in religion. Being religious does not mean being pessimistic. Be positive about the world, Islam is about uniting the hearts, this is why Muslims stand shoulder to shoulder. Ideologies are sets […]