By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands Tracing his ancestry through six generations – slave and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects – back to Africa, he discovered a sixteen year-old youth, Kunta Kinteh. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and […]

The United Democratic Party chapter in the United States of America damned the conviction of the party’s media officer. Lasana Jobarteh was la.ukst week convicted and fined D50,000 by a rookie Magistrate Isatou Janneh. Read below a statement issued by the UDP-USA. The UDP USA condemns in the strongest terms […]

Magistrate Isatou Janneh of Bundung on Thursday found an activist of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) guilty of broadcasting without license using Skype. Lasana Jobarteh was fined D50, 000 Dalasi or in default serves one year in prison. The 59-year-old Jobarteh has been appearing before Magistrate Ebrima Kijera […]

By Burama Sanneh, Seattle, Washington State Let the Chair or Public Relations Officer of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) explain why those who attended the 2013 Raleigh Conference for Democracy and Good Governance and even contributed financially were left out while those who did not attend […]

Every revolution, every change of a status quo through out the history of human social co-existence, nation building or organisational formations must be understood to have gone through such phases that would overlap one another, diverge at some points and finally converge to a focal point of understanding, an understanding […]

The leadership of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) has been accused of deviating from the Raleigh Accord as well as antagonising  the opposition. Mr. Alkali Conteh, whose Gambia Democratic Action Group (GDAG) pulled out of CORDEG, said the Committee did not only deviate from […]

The leadership of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) has been accused of deviating from the Raleigh Accord as well as antagonising  the opposition. Mr. Alkali Conteh, whose Gambia Democratic Action Group (GDAG) pulled out of CORDEG, said the Committee did not only deviate from […]

By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands According to President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, he cares about Gambian women and that he  is ready to help them by all means. He also expressed his readiness to ready to die in protecting Gambian women. Well my fellow countrymen and women, I am wondering […]

Kairo News published a piece two days ago by one Nyancho Sanneh. The article, titled Sham Election Tarnished CORDEG’s Reputation, has contained an error. We mistakenly published Kebba ‘Nyanchor’ Sanneh, a renowned Gambian activist based in Sweden, who also is also fondly referred to as ‘Nyanchor’ as the author. Kebba ‘Nyanchor’ […]

Kairo News has confirmed the resignation of three members of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG). This came on the heels of the immediate withdrawal of the Gambia Democratic Action Group (GDAG) from CORDEG on Sunday. The members who tendered their resignations with immediate effect […]

The leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) on Thursday briefed the European Union delegation at Brikama Magistrate’Court. At the time of the briefings, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe was defending Lasana Jobarteh, his party’s media and press officer. Mr Jobarteh was detained for over a week without a charge after covering a joint rally […]