Sphere Two, The Independent Candidates Tendency Given the fact that APRC, since its inception, has been run as the personal property of President Yahya Jammeh, and that the established opposition political parties have been so ineffective, and upon the bargain, been trapped in election boycotts. It is no big surprise that there […]

By Momodou Ndow The Western Hemisphere School for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) formerly known as the US Army School of the Americas (SOA) is a United States Department of Defense School located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, that provides military training to Latin American countries. The length of the United […]

The leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party has sounded the bell that “our right cannot be negotiated.” Omar Amadou Jallow was delivering a speech at the 10th anniversary of Deyda Hydara’s assassination at Tango hall last week. “We have to come up with strategies to see actions that we can […]

A Draft Outline For Political Strategy For A Proposed National Front Introduction Basic Assumptions. a) That The Gambia Equally Belongs To All Who Were Born In The Country Or whose parents, or one of the parents, were born in the country and are concerned about the country’s good. b) That […]

Host: Musa Saidykhan Panelists: Yaya Dampha, Burama Sanneh and Pata PJ. Languages: English and Mandinka Kairo Radio show today is intellectual, intelligent and politically timely. Our panelists handle the question of whether we (Gambian activists) have anything to reconcile with a man who has ruled our country with iron fist, murdered us in […]

Will the loud noises undo dictator Jammeh? Will public bravado and motomouthism undermine him without targeted messaging? Our addiction to scandals in the Jammeh system are a trap. Daily we are engrossed in who is fired, jailed, who is in court, about to be fired, on the run, cannot continue […]

Angolan police are among the worst human right abusers of migrants from other African countries, Kairo News was told. In a recent spate of arrests and brutalities, Angolan police rounded up Gambians, Senegalese, Guineans, Malians, Nigerians and other Africans in an anti-immigration crackdown. The police are accused of operating a […]

By Saul Saidykhan  ‘You see, exactly a year ago this week, I woke from a five weeks coma, that was initially medically-induced, but later morphed into the real thing. After six brain surgeries, my prognosis was very bad. I had tubes plucked into my throat, nose and stomach. Half of […]

Activist colleagues of Mr. Falai Baldeh have expressed disappointment over his defection to the ruling Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction of President Yahya Jammeh. The fierce critic of the Gambia government’s policies reportedly jumped ship during a meeting involving officials of the government and APRC in New York last week. […]

Nigerian security have blocked more copies of a book authored by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. “The State Security Service people have told us that they won’t allow more copies of the book into the country,” a close Obasanjo source told Sahara Reporters. The politically controversial autobiography by former President Obasanjo […]