President Barrow Says Insurance Should Cover Everybody and Everything His Excellency, President Adama Barrow reiterated the need to sensitize Africans, Gambian in particular about the importance of insurance. He made the remark during a courtesy call by Board members and Commissioners of the West African Insurance Companies Association WAICA at […]

Mr. Yaya Dampha, the achievements of the Barrow led coalition government are quite evident but shouldn’t take merely a sense of partisan political perspective to reiterate that fact. In that case, those you refer to as political virgins are naturally likely to become politically adulterated by the politically espoused individuals […]

I wish to remind Kairo News’ esteemed readers about the Annual Money Smart Week 2017. Read our last year’s article [http://www.kaironews.com/lets-heal-our-financial-wounds/] that dealt with the Money Smart Week concept in detail. As a reminder,  2017 Money Smart week runs between April 22 and 29. The program, which helps consumers better manage […]

The call that opposing views must be managed by impregnating the women and torturing the males must be rejected with the contempt it deserves. This call reminds me of Quentin Crisp who once said “Men get laid, but women get screwed”. The call is a perpetuation of serious male chauvinistic tendencies. […]

Solo Sandeng’s peaceful protest was the most important defining moment of our political history. Solo Sandeng, the former Organising Secretary of the United Democratic Party, was indeed not only a brave patriot but he has also proven his critics wrong by his patriotic move to demand his constitutional rights to […]

Mr. President Don’t Backtrack on Promise Imposition of Term Limit Alagi Yorro Jallow When the new government took over in The Gambia earlier this year, people danced in the streets and hoped for a brighter political future that would dispense with fear and antiquated laws. The coalition campaign agenda principally […]

In Zimbabwe today, parents are encouraged to give the state their cows to secure education for their children, another clear confirmation that President Robert Mugabe is yet again failing to lead his people. This reminds me of an African Proverb that “If you close your eyes to facts you will […]

Challenging the “Backway”: Reversing the trend of irregular youth migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe #backwaysolutions By Global Hands and Partners Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa, attempt to escape the “horrendous situations” they live in, in search of greener pastures.  There are many fatalities that occur […]

It’s difficult to accept the fact that young Gambian journalist who risked his life to cover the April 14th 2016 pro-electoral reform protest led by the late Ebrima Solo Sandeng is no more. Ebrima Janko Ceesay has become another victim of the Jammeh dictatorship who could not survive long. He […]

The opening sentence of this piece, “In today’s highly charged political atmosphere”, is with respect very inaccurate. There is in the Gambia today a very peaceful “atmosphere” where it is accepted by all and sundry (except GDC’s Mama Kandeh) that an exceptionally peaceful and fair election has taken place. The […]

Banjul and Foni are a clear violation of basic principles of democracy and majority rule By Alagi Yorro Jallow In today’s highly charged political atmosphere, with so much attention focused on our disagreements, it’s easy to lose sight of Gambia’s’ shared values. One of those is our belief that free […]