By Johnson PART ONE Preamble: Constitutionally Elected First Generation African Heads of State wanted to make things better, Second Generation Heads of State wanted to make themselves better whilst those who came later did not know how to make things better. African Despotic Military Heads of State began with Second Generation […]
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Jammeh Delays Ex-Navy Chief’s Release
Is Jammeh Planning Something Against The Acquitted Rear Admiral? A delay in releasing the acquitted and discharged former Navy Chief has been blamed on President Yahya Jammeh. Rear Admiral Sarjo Fofana was on Wednesday freed by the Supreme Court after he had won an appeal against his conviction. He was […]
Tribute To Fallen Opposition Hero
Tribute To Anta Samba, Former Secretary of UDP Female Youth Wing By Maimuna Ceesay-Darboe former President of UDP Female Youth Wing When the Senior Administrative Secretary called me and said “I have bad news about your friend and sister”, I knew he was referring to Anta Samba. We had spoken about […]
The Foreign Exchange Rate Crisis
The Foreign Exchange Rate Crisis and the Impact on Gambians at Home and Diaspora. Once again, Gambians are greeted with dumbfounded news that major currency values will be pegged and depreciated against the Dalasi through a directive from the Office of the President. The directive, as usual, came-in without warning […]
Doctors Fear Heysal Causes Cancer
Ivory Coast Bans Skin Bleaching Products The government of Ivory Coast last week banned skin-whitening creams otherwise called heysal in The Gambia. The country’s health ministry blamed the reason on health concerns. The move outlawed “cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams… that de-pigment the skin.” For so many years, whitening creams […]
Article 19 Deplores Gambia’s Repression
By Abdoulie John Systematic repression of dissident voices and the attacks on civic space have heightened in Gambia since the failed coup d’Etat of December 2014, according to a human rights monitoring group. Article 19 made this statement before the ongoing 56th ordinary session of African Commission for Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), which […]
‘We Emphathise With Gambians’
Gambians Incur Immense Losses From the Executive Directives The leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has added his voice to the troubling menace stemming from President Yahya Jammeh’s impromptu Executive Directives. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe said a “responsible government” would have looked into “the impact such sudden manipulation of […]
“My Security Has Been Breached”
‘Somebody Has Been Spying On Me With A Smartphone App’ Journalist Abdoulie John is once again at the center of threat on his life, complaining that his security has been breached. Mr. John, a former editor of the Daily Observer, contributes to Kairo News and sells stories to the Associated […]
UDP Is APRC Political Cancer
Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the opposition UDP party has asserted that his party remains well-organised and will work assiduously in order to pull victory at next year’s presidential election. In an exclusive interview with The Standard against the backdrop of the party’s recent nationwide ‘caravan’ tour, he said: “The […]
Court Acquits Rear Admiral Fofana
Kairo News has just been informed about the acquittal of the former Commander of Navy in The Gambia by the Supreme Court in Banjul. Family sources have confirmed the story. Rear Admiral Sarjo Fofana was also the President of the Court Martial that convicted soldiers implicated in the purported March […]
Executive Brigandage
By Janko Camara Waking up, this morning in a 5-Star Harare hotel – The Meikles – where I got entangled in an awkward conversation about Gambia’s “Doctor” who cures all kinds of diseases, my only solace became a quick glance at the online papers to update myself with happenings in […]
Savage Is A “Barracks-room Lawyer”
Rejoinder by David A. Davies NRMG Has Already Started Jockeying For Fame by Abdullah Savage, Retired, US Army Member, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars – April 27, 2015 The obscurantist writer, Mr Abdullah Savage, seems to be what is termed in the army as […]