By Unbiased Prince Yaya Jammeh’s 2016 lamentable yet awful resolution which have already set sail while meaning appalling phenomenon on my Gambian community (as ‘Foni Residents in the Gambia are Fleeing right now from Yaya Jammeh’s Witchcraft of Terrorism’) have meant a man-made calamity be unfolding without any needed terrains […]
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Rural Gambians Suspicious Of Jammeh’s Islamic Republic
As indicated in this reaction to an article on Kairo News, the writer Yerro Ba has explained some of the reasons why Yahya Jammeh made a unilateral declaration of The Gambia as an Islamic State in mid-December last year. Ba added that many in the rural areas thought Jammeh intends […]
Sharing The Booty: Why Blame The Islamic Scholars
It’s secular educated men and women who do the diplomatic bidding for President Jammeh; it’s us who are employed in all arms of government; it’s us who choreograph the visitations of the Imams and Priest to State House; it’s us who work at the media houses disseminating the news of Jammeh’s […]
As UDP Intensifies Grassroots Politics, Njogu Bah’s Villagers Give In
The villagers of the former Secretary General and Presidential Affairs Minister, Njogu Lamin Bah cross carpeted to the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) after rallying with the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party of Yahya Jammeh for two decades. Mr. Bah, whose qualification had been widely disputed, […]
Point Of No Return For Gambians
Have too many Africans and Gambians in particular invested too much in their deen [Arabic word for religion], to the point that, we are blinded to facts and became intellectually dishonest? This morning I opened the Daily Observer (The Gambia’s main newspaper), the headline by the Minister of Transport, Works, […]
Humour: Something to Make You Laugh
A Chinese guy calls to U.S……… Caller: Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan ? Operator: Yes, you can speak to me. Caller : No, I want to speak to Annie Wan! Operator: Yes I understand you want to speak to anyone.You can speak to me. Who is this? Caller […]
The President Should Return The Legal Practitioners Bill 2015 To The National Assembly
Twenty seven years ago on 31 December 1988, the current Legal Practitioners Act (LPA 1988) entered into force. Its “objects and reasons” were stated thus: “An Act to establish a General Legal Council, to make provision for the admission of persons to practice as legal practitioners before the courts of […]
The President Of New Africa – Part 2 of 4
By Sulayman Saul Saidykhan Even at 73 years old, he is alert. He stands tall both literally, and figuratively. With the genes of the willowy Sahel nomad in him, his gait is wide, steady, graceful, and agile. Born to a poor Fulani father and a Hausa mother in present day […]
Gambian Diaspora: Watch The Propaganda Space
By Suntou Touray (Kairo News Political & Culture Editor) “Are we talking to ourselves in the Diaspora or are we truly working towards winning the ‘hearts and minds’ of Gambian people?” President Jammeh has of late pitched Gambian secular educated minority against the majority of ordinary everyday Muslims. As the saying […]
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba ‘Kadimou Rasul’
“A cleric who seeks the favours and reward of a King/Ruler is like a fly that feeds on excrements” Serign Amadou Bamba Kairo Radio today starts a two week series on ‘Mouridiyaa’, a study of the followers of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. In that the anchor Mohammed Lamin Sillah’s usual Letter from […]
Foni Residents Flee Jammeh’s Witchcraft Terror
The return of Yahya Jammeh’s authorised witch hunting exercise has forced some Foni residents to flee to Casamance in Southern Senegal. Most of the fleeing residents belong to Mr. Jammeh’s Jola speaking ethnic group. They fear being invaded by the dictator’s team of witch hunters who forcibly transport their victims […]
Gambia Orders Female Workers ‘To Cover Hair’
The Gambia’s government has banned its female employees from leaving their hair uncovered at work, a leaked memo quoted by private newspapers says. Women should use a “head tie and neatly wrap their hair”, the memo said, without giving reasons for the ban. Last month, The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh […]