GMC offers ‘standing ovation’ to President Jammeh The party leader of Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), Mai Ahmad Fatty, has commended President Yahya Jammeh for his “solemn executive pronouncement” forgiving Gambians abroad who might have wronged him and for proposing reconciliation outreach to them, saying they are all Gambians who are […]

REMEMBERING W.E.B. DU BOIS FEBRUARY 23, 1868 – AUGUST 27, 1963 A TRIBUTE TO BLACK/ AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH By Sainey Faye “ There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined to rise.The human soul cannot be permanently chained.” — W.E.B. DU BOIS William […]

Opposition leaders have decried The Gambia government’s decision to sideline them in the celebrations of the 50th independence anniversary which took place at Independence Stadium in Bakau, located about 7 km from the capital Banjul. “That is our National Day, and it is a none-partisan matter. This is a celebration by Gambians,” […]

As The Gambia gears up to mark her 50th Independence anniversary tomorrow 18 February 2015, some key statesmen and politicians in the country shared their views on the journey so far.Excerpts from their remarks are featured below: Lawyer Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party (UDP) On the 50th anniversary […]

  By Roger Benjamin No love between the two Presidents. Macky Sall declined to grace the 50th independence celebration of The Gambia, but with good reasons. Invited to the official celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Gambian independence on Wednesday in Banjul Senegalese President Macky Sall, declined the invitation […]

The Gambia prepared to mark its 50th year of independence, with festivities overshadowed by growing complaints over its rights record and the regime increasingly seen abroad as a pariah. President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled the former British colony with an iron fist since seizing power in 1994, was due […]

The parents of Dawda and Bakary Bojang have still not been accounted for 48 days after their arrest in Mbankam village in North Bank Region. Essa Bojang and Fatou Sonko were arrested by police from Amdalai after their two sons have been implicated in the December 30th failed attack on […]

Agents of the feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have released the 13-year-old son of Baboucarr ‘Bai’ Lowe, one of the men accused of launching an attack on State House in Banjul on December 30th, 204. Bai’ Lowe, a former Warrant Officer Class 2 of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), is […]

Nigerian troops have repelled a Boko Haram attack on the north-east city of Gombe, officials say. Soldiers and a fighter jet were used in a counter-attack after Islamist fighters overran a checkpoint on the edge of the city. The insurgents were retreating towards their stronghold in the neighbouring state of […]

Lt. Col. Solo Bojang has so far spent 277 days in illegal detention. Bojang remains detained at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) detention centre in Tanjai since his acquittal and discharge by the Brikama Magistrates’ Court on 12 May 2014, Kairo News investigation reveals. The erstwhile Commander of the State Guards […]

Agents of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in Banjul are still keeping in their custody a prominent Gambian business tycoon. Alhagie Kebba Touray, who is reported to be sick and bed-ridden for six months, has been detained for 19 days, family sources told Kairo News. Despite being allowed access to […]

A GREAT AFRICAN THINKER BLACK/ AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH 2015 By Sainey Faye Born: December 29, 1923 …….Died : February 7, 1986…….On this date he passed away and joined the ancestors.He was one of Africa’s greatest thinkers of the twentieth century. Born in Diourbel, Senegal; Cheikh Anta Diop was a scientist, […]