By Janko Camara   The continued border impasse between The Gambia and Senegal, the latest in a series of such impasses, continues to cause much hardship to the populations of both countries. I would attempt to dispassionately discuss the matter focusing mainly on the impact of the border closure on […]

For Immediate Release Alhagie Ceesay Arbitrarily Detained for 8 Months (Dakar, March 9, 2016) – Gambia should free an ailing journalist who has been arbitrarily detained since July 2015, and drop all charges against him, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today. Alagie […]

The return of Tata dindin Jobarteh to music has energised his fans across the country. The two-year mysterious sickness had left the Kora maestro and stage master a changed man. But Tata’s spirits remain high, and thinks it wise to use music to create something positive out of his sickness. […]

By Sulayman Saul Saidykhan Unless the Democrats – specifically Hillary Clinton, does something extraordinarily stupid or insulting to turn off her base to sit out the elections, she is on course for her rendezvous with history. In other words, on the night of January 20th 2017, when the Secret Service […]

Mental illness is a huge problem in our country, but it is something which our leaders – political and community – society and even some families did not pay great attention to. It’s a subject that is not fully understood. Mental illness affects our thinking, behavior or mood. This young […]

Lt. Col. Gano was Jammeh’s enabler who is looking for cheap popularity. This man has witnessed so many atrocities in his tenure in the military and he has never said a word while he dined with the dictator. The dictator has personally sponsored Gano to do his masters degree program […]

By Abdoulie John The Secretary General of the banned Gambia National Transport Control Association (GNTCA) Sheriff Dibba died in police custody last Sunday, after being arrested and charged along with 8 executive members.Gambian authorities remain mute as to questions continue to swirl around the circumstances surrounding his death. “I am […]

REMEMBERING Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois FEBRUARY 23, 1868 – AUGUST 27, 1963 A TRIBUTE TO BLACK/AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH By Sainey Faye “ There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined to rise.The human soul cannot be permanently chained.” — W.E.B. DU BOIS William […]

(In Defence of My Uncle Sheriff Bojang!) By Dida Jallow-Halake Editor, I thank you for pointing out the drama surrounding my uncle, the Honourable Minister, in the pages of Kaironews and indeed as it turns out in the pages of the Daily Observer too. At the outset, the title of […]

For more than two decades Gambians have been searching for answers about their country’s appointed ministers have turned into stooges who compete in praise singing President Yahya Jammeh. They surrender even their own gains to the President and take the whip for Jammeh’s mess. But this write up below has […]

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has reneged on his unilateral decision to reduce the presidential term from seven to five years. The president had, on the sidelines of the world climate conference in Paris in December 2015, said he preferred the five-year tenure. But in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday night, […]

While February 18th each year brings back the memories of independence in The Gambia, it does the opposite for the families of Didan Kimathi who was executed on this day by the British colonialists in Kenya. Kimathi’s only crime was his strive to fight for his country’s independence. As we […]