Missing Person Appeal – Ebrima Ceesay of Kanifing South ($1,000 Reward) By Yusef Taylor Stats: Ebrima Ceesay 39 year’s old man, 5ft 8 inches (1.73m) tall, slim build dark skinned man The family of Ebrima Ceesay are appealing to the general public for information to help trace their […]
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Gambia Closes Its Border With Senegal
By Abdoulie John The Gambia has closed its borders with Senegal. This followed the move taken by transport unionists to disrupt traffic between the two neighbouring countries. “The traffic flow along the ferry terminal has drastically changed. There is a significant reduction in number of vehicles crossing,” said a resident […]
2016: Defining Moment For Gambia
2016 is a defining year for The Republic of The Gambia. An election year. The year that could decide the fate of a country; the fate of an entire nation. A fate that hangs by a mere thread. The year that could usher in change, transformation, and restoration of democracy and rule […]
Remembering A Great Pan-Africanist
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 […]
‘LET’S GO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY’
How the 30th December coup attempt was planned and executed What happened when 11 exiles armed themselves for a violent night in the Gambia In the dark hours of the morning on December 30, 2014, eight men gathered in a graveyard a mile down the road from the official residence of […]
UDP’s People Engagement Is Generating Mass Crowds
The United Democratic Party has been travelling and holding mass rallies all over the greater Banjul area in recent months. The last venue to stage a mass rally was New Jeswang. The area’s rally, held there on February 21st, is believed to have been the biggest, atteacting more people than […]
Halifa Becomes PDOIS Presidential Candidate
PRESS RELEASE THE OUTCOME OF THE PRIMARIES HELD BY PDOIS ON THE SELECTION OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Issued by the Central Committee 24th February 2016 Mr. Halifa Sallah, PDOIS Presidential Candidate for 2016 Presidential Election The People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) is required by Article 91 […]
How Jammeh’s Islamic Republic Is Disrespecting Dead Bodies
The unexplained death of the remanded Secretary General of the Gambia Transport Control Association (GNTCA) has left citizens of a police state searching for answers in a land where transparency exists only on paper. Sheriff Dibba died in state custody on Sunday yet the government is refusing to explain why […]
Watoo Forti (Time Is Up)
Please allow me the space to share these few words with the Gambian people and the world at large. It is overdue for the Alliance of People Recognised as Criminals (APRC) government to be dumped in mid sea to perish. The people of The Gambia had suffered for so long […]
Devil’s Advocate
(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 […]
NIA Detains Dismissed Agent
By Yaya Dampha Another Gambian has been detained beyond 72–hour without being charged, a flagrant violation of the constitution. Madikey Faal, a former officer of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), was arrested by NIA agents on February 16, 2016. Mr. Fall’s arrest and subsequent detention occurred after he had reported to […]
Gambian Diaspora: Let’s Boot Out The Dictator
Committed Gambians who believe in change through democratic elections should consider coming home in December 2016. It is a fact that over the years, the diaspora Gambians have done a tremendous job in exposing dictatorship in the Gambia. It is also a fact that without the financial remittances of the […]