By Abdoulie John Alieu Momar Njie, a former stalwart of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Njie’s appointment was confirmed by the Commission’s Spokesperson Joseph Colley. Mr. Colley however declined to comment on the […]
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Ceesay Hospitalised 3 Times in 6 Days
Pressure Mounting For His Release By Yusef Taylor, @FlexDan_YT on Twitter Alhagie Ceesay was rushed to the hospital barely two days after the 16th anniversary of the bloody April 10th and 11th student carnage. The Teranga FM radio manager is being persecuted by The Gambia government for sedition. He was […]
Saudi Arabia Strips Religious Police Of Prosecution Rights
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Gambian Migrant Dies In Italian Hospital
A 19-year-old Gambian migrant has passed away in Italy. Mustapha Jatta, popularly known as ‘Joofunding’, passed away in the Italian city of Napoli on Monday 11th April, 2016. Mustapha had been battling with a mysterious stomach problem until his death at a hospital in Napoli. Mustapha Jatta, who arrived in […]
Hands Off Tribal Politics
Mr. Henry Gomez’s remarks are unfortunate and regrettable. I hope he has apologized for the error in making such a remark. However, this does not rise to the occasion where some call the Mandinkas to wake-up. The Mandinkas do not need to wake up for anything. There is nothing that […]
‘Let’s Prepare Our Kids To Associate’
Gambian Ethnologist has advised parents to inculcate the spirit of association among their children in the Diaspora. Ebrima Kamara, who is based in Stockholm, Sweden, is the guest of The Talking Point on Kairo Radio today. The program coordinator, Mohamed Lamin Sillah, talked to Kamara on a wide range of […]
GVBF Holds Successful AGM
The Gambia Volleyball Federation on Sunday held their Annual General Meeting at the BO Semega Hall at Serre Kunda East. It was the first AGM hold under Yunusa Barry’s led executive. The congress Delegates unanimously adopted both the financial and activities reports and also adopted the 2016 Gambia Volleyball Federation […]
Al-Shabaab Journalist Executed By Firing Squad
By NAIROBI NEWS REPORTER Somalia military on Monday morning executed an Al-Shabaab journalist by firing squad. Hassan Hanafi, who was tried and sentenced to death for aiding the terror group to kill five other journalists, was on Monday tied to the firing post and executed. According to Enca, several journalists […]
Desperate Gambian Visa Queues In Senegal
The decision by foreign governments concerned about the depleting human rights situation to close their embassies in The Gambia have forced citizens of the once embassy-friendly country battle the pain of crossing the borders in search of visas. A country once dubbed the ‘Smiling Coast’ has now been turned into ‘frowning and crying Coast’. Gambians […]
16 Years After April Student Massacre
SIXTEEN YEARS HAS GONE WHEN 14 INNOCENT STUDENTS PLUS A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER AND A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD WERE BRUTALLY MASSACRED IN COLD BLOOD BY THE POLICE INTERVENTION UNIT OF THE GAMBIA, AND YET STILL NO JUSTICE HAS TAKEN PLACE!!! By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands April on the […]
Jammeh Sacrifices Mustapha Carayol
President Yahya Jammeh has finally got the muscle to fire the illegal occupant of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) leadership. Mustapha Carayol’s reported firing has been confirmed by Kairo News sources. Until his firing, the embattled IEC Chairman had been under pressure to vacate the position. Mr. Carayol knows his […]
Imam Challenges Jammeh’s Islamic State
Gambian Islamic Cleric has vehemently challenged President Yahya Jammeh’s intentions to turn The Gambia into an Islamic State. Momodou Ceesay, the Chief Resident Imam of Detroit Islamic Center, said the West African nation has not met the conditions of an Islamic State. Imam Ceesay was responding to a question by […]