A delegation mediating in Burkina Faso after a coup this week says there has been a breakthrough and hinted the transitional government could return. Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi was speaking after meeting coup leader Gen Gilbert Diendere in Ouagadougou. Mr Boni Yayi suggested an announcement on Sunday could see […]
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Interior Minister Ousman Sonko – The Silent Serpent – Part 1
Ousman Sonko is the worst of all the rotten poisonous elements of the Gambian predicament! By Patriotic Gambian Having followed the subject of Jammeh Enablers in this medium over time, I am convinced that the authors and most commentators do not have inside knowledge of the Jammeh machinery. I have seen most […]
Celebrating The Life And Work Of Kwame Nkrumah
By Madi Jobarteh ‘Nkrumah battles Ghana’s neocolonialist intellectuals who were after their self-interest’ 18 September 2015 marks the 106th birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana and the leading exponent for African unity in modern times. Following his studies in US and Britain, Nkrumah became a major organizer […]
SENDGO Launches Website
September 18, 2015 We are pleased to announce the launching of our brand new website SENEGAMBIA DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATION (SENDGO). After four months of hard work and dedication and achieving a very successful mission on a EUROPEAN TOUR including a very fruitful meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office […]
AU, ECOWAS Hand In Glove With Neocolonial “Ruling Class”
By Ousainou Mbenga The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held its 47th ordinary session in Accra, Ghana on May 19, 2015 as the region is roiling in crises such as the most recent rebellions in Burkina Faso and Burundi. In fact, the entire continent is entangled in the […]
Protesters Against Military Coup Killed In Burkina Faso
Street clashes erupt after army declares full control of West African nation, weeks before planned elections. Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, called for the country’s military to “exercise restraint”. Ban condemned “in the strongest terms” the coup led by a close ally of toppled former leader Blaise Compaore. “Those responsible for […]
Face To Face With Intellectuals Who Matter
Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, Lecturer Sainey Faye and Kebba Nyanchor Sanneh A series on the position and roles of Gambian intellectuals in the political struggle has kicked off on Kairo Radio. It is a topic that needs to be discussed, dissected and understood. What role intellectuals and academics have […]
Burkina Faso Slides Into Coup
Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso have ousted the transitional government in an apparent coup. A new “national democratic council” had taken control to end the “deviant regime”, Lt-Col Mamadou Bamba said on state television. Interim parliament speaker Cheriff Sy said the move was “clearly a coup”. Heavy shooting could […]
A Sad Tale Of Gambia Torture Victims Recounted
A Human Rights Watch video that indicts the Gambian dictatorship. It exposes the culture of entrenched brutality and inhumane treatment by security forces under the command of President Yahya Jammeh. The documentary features, Kairo News Executive Editor, Musa Saidykhan, Fatu Radio proprietor, Fatou Camara, Imam Baba Leigh, politician OJ Jallow […]
Gambia: Two Decades of Fear and Repression
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015, Human Rights Watch Report Washington, DC) – Gambia’s government commits serious human rights violations against perceived critics and political opponents, perpetuating a climate of fear and repression, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 81-page report, “State of Fear: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and Killings,” describes […]
An Open Letter to African Intellectuals
By Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire — The tag, ‘intellectual’ in reference to Africa refers to a certain type: western educated and visible in western media, maybe published in the West and maybe teaching at a western university. Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire writes to this type of African Intellectual. Kenyan writer and intellectual Ngugi […]
My Response To Dr. Sallah
By Max It’s better for you to target laws and policies that promote oppression of Gambians The approach taken by Dr. Momodou Sallah in regards to Gambian struggle. He described The Gambia as a country “where there is adequate food, clothing, shelter and the opportunity for the pursuit of happiness. […]