‘Students killing should not be put under carpet’ A victim of the Gambia’s April 10 and 11, 2000 student protest has renewed his call for justice, insisting that the “massacre of students must not be buried under the carpet.” Trigger-happy security officers shot dead 13 students and a journalist Omar […]

By Sam Pharty As we remember the heroes of April 10 & 11, let us also remember the injured and let us seize this moment to remember not just their souls but for what they have sacrificed their lives for – justice. So let us put those candles up and […]

Take Off Your Socks, Mr. President Gambians have not seen President Yahya Jammeh expose his bare feet. He buries them inside socks for a reason, our State House revealer says. “Let him prove me wrong and expose his feet to the public,” the revealer tells Kairo News Editor. “You know […]

Gambian activist has attributed President Yahya Jammeh’s unexplained absence at the recently concluded EU-Africa Summit in Brussels, Belgium, to his cowardice. “Our coward leader knew he would not be able to withstand bashing from irate Gambian protesters and therefore chose to stay away,” Lamin Saddam Sanyang said, adding that the […]

By Fabakary B. Ceesay They were comrades in politics and very good friends at all levels. April 4th, 2014, marks exactly eight years since their abduction and disappearance without trace. Little did the families and loved ones of Momodou Lamin Nyassi, Buba Sanyang and Ndongo Mboob know they would never […]

Peter Begs Jammeh To Spare The Singhatey Family By Alhajie Kanteh The Gambia Daily Observer recently carried a publication conveying message of goodwill and support of erstwhile Lt. Col. Peter Singhatey to the dictator Jammeh and his brutal regime. Singhatey, who is on self-imposed exile somewhere in Ireland, is coming […]