Foday Kanteh in Banjul One of the most influential Muslim scholars in the world ended his mission in the Gambia. Dr. Zakir Naik, a guest of President Yahya Jammeh’s lavish 20 years of coup celebration, said he has been yearning to visit the Gambian and therefore thanked Mr. Jammeh for […]
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Unfriendly Laws Chase Future Journalists
The Gambia government has been urged to review and scrap obnoxious and unfriendly media laws in the country. “Some of our media laws are not friendly and have been deterring young people from joining the profession,” said the President of Young Journalists Association of the Gambia (YJAG). Nfamara Jawneh said […]
Senegal Declared Ebola Free
The World Health Organization last Friday officially declared Senegal Ebola free. This development follows 42 days of passing without any new cases of the deadly virus in the West African country. But this does not mean the country is not out of danger, given its location in Ebola-hit West […]
Boko Haram Agrees To Free Kidnapped Girls
Nigeria’s military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram – and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released. Nigeria’s chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram has not made a public statement. The group has been fighting an insurgency […]
Dr. Nyang Remembers Prof. Mazrui
By Professor Sulayman Nyang Professor Ali A. Mazrui is dead. We hereby call upon the Almighty Allah to grant him mercy and the best of his rewards to his servants. His death is a shock to many of us and to the countless numbers who knew him personally and benefitted […]
Animist President Radicalising Gambians
Gambia Is Not An Islamic State Gambian Muslims Being Radicalized By An Animist Idol Worshiping President Jammeh? By Papa Kumba Loum Religion like tribe and race is a very sensitive topic and at the same time has a “romantic” and idealistic appeal which has invoked and continues to invoke a […]
PDOIS Doesn't Enjoy Favoritism
Opposition People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) has issued another reaction to comments published on Kairo News. Find below the reaction in full: CLARIFICATION Lafia wrote: “If PDOIS or Halifa Sallah himself wants to deny that his wife is a permanent secretary, then they must also tell us […]
In Search Of Unity
In Search of Unity: The Elusive Quest for a Leader, and a Unitary Organization Among Diaspora Gambians Aspirations among many diaspora-Gambians for a single leader to head a unified organization, is at best daunting, if not a futile charge. This does not mean various groups could not unite on key […]
Sabally Returns To The Dock
If for anything, I do not wish the former SG Sabally anything except that which he wished for himself. The truth be said, the likes of Sabally are being haunted by their own taunts, and as such, any sympathy for them is only based on humanitarian grounds and the lack […]
The Hypocrisy Of Jammeh And Double Standard Justice
By An Insider Citing the University of The Gambia (UTG) example, the deliberate lack of action by Jammeh on corrupt Vice Chancellor Mohammadou Kah, whose mismanagement has reached horrendous heights, is a clear unfairness to the Gambian people. As the adage goes, “what is good for the goose is good […]
Bensouda Tops Kenya's Hate List
Fatou Bensouda’s defiance to prosecute President Uhuru Kenyatta has earned her the title of being the most hated person in Kenya. Bensouda’s name emerges on top of ten most popular hated women in the East African nation. The Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is hated for her […]
Ali Mazrui: R.I.P, Pan-African Legend
Ali Mazrui, the truly Pan-African intellectual of our time, has passed away in the USA, aged 81. Kenyans, led by President Uhuru, are mourning, as are many many Africans and African-Americans around the world. For me it is a personal loss, because the man was, besides Frantz Fanon and […]