By Foday Samateh “When I arrived in Gambia, I was greeted by some plainclothes secret service personnel at the airport. “You are Fatou Jaw Manneh?” they asked. “Yes,” I answered. “Come with us,” they said. My brother was there to pick me up. “Where are you taking her?” he asked. […]
Politics
‘We Endure Maximum Brutality’
“A person sitting under the sun should remain there with steadfastness because the shade will find him/her there. I will encourage the UDP supporters to keep fighting.” Aji Sukaina Kah President of United Democratic Party (UDP) women’s wing has delivered a very moving speech at the party’s 18th anniversary rally […]
Deputies Pile Pressure On NYSS
Public Accounts and Public Enterprises committees (PAC and PEC) of the National Assembly have asked the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSS) to recover outstanding loans of D740, 526. The loans were noted in 20 files examined by the auditors. Pa Majagne Ndow, an auditor at National Audit Office, told deputies in […]
Organized Confrontation: The Final Action To Uproot Jammeh!
By Ousainou Mbenga With the recent explosion of the Burkinabe powder keg in the country of the “upright people” – Burkina Faso; all the neocolonial gangsters and puppets in the region – including Macky Sall and his monstrous friend, Yaya Jammeh – are sitting on edge. Macky sall, Jonathan Goodluck […]
The UN Human Rights Rapporteur Saga
Another Black Eye For The Crumbling Jammed Fiefdom By Kaba Sallah The indecision and immaturity of the Jammeh gangster government was on full display for the whole world to see during the planned visit of the UN Human Rights Rapporteurs in November, 2014. Having invited the UN research team to […]
Court Frees Gambian Journalists
After nearly 10 months of trial on conspiracy to commit misdemeanor and publication of false news with intent to cause fear or alarm to the public, Journalist Sainey MK Marenah and Editor Musa Sheriff are finally freed by Magistrate JN Hakim of Banjul Magistrate’s Court. The acquittal and discharge, which is […]
UDP 18 Years Anniversary Rally Audio On Radio Today
The United Democratic Party celebrated its 18 years of existence anniversary on September 25, 2014. Kairo Radio today brings you part two of the party’s anniversary rally today. The programme goes alongside with some uplifting traditional and legendary songs by Modou Bajinka (rumba singer from Kiang Karantaba) and Buba Jammeh of Bakau. In part two of […]
Burkina Alarms Early Warning To Dictators
PRESS RELEASE BURKINA FASO ALARMS ANOTHER EARLY WARNING ALERT TO REST OF THE OVER STAYED AFRICAN DICTATORS. Action pour les Droits Humains et l’Amitie (ADHA), human rights defenders through friendship Organization based in Senegal, West Africa, is deeply concerned, sadden, and torched by the situations in the Republic of Burkina […]
Blaise Campoare: Errors And Costs Of Dictatorship
In the first place, dictatorship is not an informed, enlightened and scientific project. It is purely and solely based on illusion, deception and violence. It succeeds for so long as the people of a particular society remain obedient to the dictator as a leader and to dictatorship as a […]
Gambia's Sugar-coated UPR Report Part 2
L. Access to information In the Gambia, every citizen has a right to access information from the State or any other organ or agency of the State with exception to information which is likely to be prejudicial to the security or sovereignty of the State or interfere with the right […]
PDOIS’ Admin Sec Takes Lafia To Task
ISSUED FROM THE PDOIS SECRETARIAT PDOIS’ ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TAKES LAFIA TO TASK Lafia You are very important and you cannot be ignored. It is surprising that you would think that you do not deserve my attention. PDOIS has always maintained that the sovereignty of the Gambia resides in every […]
Darboe Blasts APRC National Mobiliser
‘Colley Is An Uninformed Noisemaker’ The leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has blamed the national mobilizer of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) for not being abreast with the Gambia’s history. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe described Yankuba Collry as an uninformed noisemaker. Mr. Darboe […]