Don’t close your COMMENTS – that is what makes Kairo News UNIQUE. (So says the man most brutally attacked on the comments page – LOL!) Dida Halake (aka Luntango Suun Gann Gi) 4th August 2015, KairoNews: “Indeed Kamalo, at long last we agree. The opposition’s “predicament since the demise of […]

It was sudden and shocking! Like a thunderbolt, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya A J J Jammeh Babili Mansa (the Professor) stunned universal Gambia when he announced prisoner pardons on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of his ascent to power. Reactions were clearly mixed! Direct family and […]

When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari recently announced that he and his deputy would take a pay cut, it was not entirely surprising for a man known for his austerity, and who faces a challenge cutting back the excess in the country’s finances. But President Buhari is not the first African […]

In an on-going reorganization and restructuring, the National Resistance Movement of the Gambia, NRMG, herewith wishes to make it known that Capt. (Rtd) Alhajie Kanteh has been appointed Acting Secretary General of the Movement effective 01 August 2015. All members of the Executive remain in place pending confirmation by the […]

By Ousainou Mbenga In his tucked – tail retreat from travelling outside the Gambia and his cowardly movements between Kanilai and Banjul under heavy armor and the senseless military check points, Jammeh is given a taste of his own medicine of “living in fear”; thanks to the December 30, 2014 […]

Barely a week after Gambian authorities granted amnesty to 200 prisoners, pressure is mounting on President Yahya Jammeh to step down. Pro-democracy groups and politicians seem to have more firepower in their battle against the current regime, and are stepping up calls for the Gambian leader to step down. “As […]

ENLARGING CIVIL LIBERTIES THROUGH PRISONER RELEASE SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY ENLARGEMENT OF POLITICAL RIGHTS THROUGH ELECTORAL REFORM When the PDOIS leadership issued a clarion call for a mass release of detainees before the APRC commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the coup, we were simply articulating the sovereign wishes of […]

By Sarjo Bayang  From the lips of Interior Minister Ousman Sonko all pardoned prisoners are under close watch and liable to arrest. Recently pardoned prisoners by presidential prerogative of mercy could no longer smile with hope of absolute relief. They are subject to arrest any time sooner and bound over […]

A Champion For Africa We, at The Africa Society, wish to congratulate President Obama on his historic and successful visit to Kenya, and are following him during his travel in Ethiopia. This marks his fourth visit to the continent of Africa, and the first visit by any sitting U.S. Head […]

US President Barack Obama has warned that Africa will not advance if its leaders refuse to step down when their terms end. He also called for an end to the “cancer of corruption”, saying it took money away from development . Mr Obama made the comments in the first ever […]

By Ebou Gaye The news of pardoning of prisoners and Gambians in the Diaspora by the Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has been received with mixed feelings and reactions. While many people qualify it as a welcome gesture, some opine that it should be treated with caution. Jammeh’s supporters and the […]

By Dida Halake It really is as simple as that. What the President of The Gambia has done in emptying Mile Two Prison of prisoners is immense. The congratulations should be pure, simple – and straight from the heart. That appreciation goes too to my good friends in Jammeh’s cabinet, […]