By Suntou Touray (Bolonba) ‘The reasons and motivations for divorces are primarily material, not violence or mistreatment as projected to the western social services. Men in the Gambia should start asking in-laws whether they’re giving daughters in marriage as we know it or for hustle. Since the same parents place […]
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The Legacy Of Kaabu Kansala
By CO Kamara (Historian) Hi Kairo Radio, I am a big fan of your educative and entertaining radio programs. I very much enjoy the eloquent conversational discussion by Musa Saidykhan and Yaya Dampha. And with Fabou Sanneh also. I am sent back to the past by Suntou Touray’s Tariko oral […]
Rethinking Africa’s Engagement With The World
As a native African, and one who has lived in US now for more than 25 years, I have been fortunate to expose myself to various aspects of life and believe that nothing is deficient in the make up or creation of a black person be they Africans or African-Americans. […]
Fatou Jaw Manneh Goes to Washington
By Foday Samateh Unlike James Stewart in Frank Capra’s classic political drama “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” she didn’t go there with any high-minded illusions to do good. She went there simply to cause trouble. And trouble she caused along with her fellow travelling band of happy rabble rousers and party […]
Gambia's Debt Equals 80% Of GDP
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed a two week review of the Gambia’s economy, raising concerns about the country’s excess public debt, which is projected to exceed 90 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of this year. The mission, led by Bhaswar Mukhopadhyay, assessed […]
Former Minister Leads Gambia Football
The Gambia’s former minister has been elected President of the Gambia Football Federation. Lamin Kaba Bajo’s election resulted after he had scored 28 votes as compared to Buba Mbye Bojang’s 23 votes. He replaced Mustapha Kebbeh whose administration was forced out of office after the Gambia got punished for fielding […]
Villagers Kill 8 Guinea's Ebola Team
At least eight members of Guinea’s Ebola awareness team were hacked to death by villagers of Wome in southern Guinea. Among those killed by machetes and rocks include health workers and local journalists. The bodies of some team members who had their throat slit were found in septic tanks in […]
Gambia's Top Cleric Declines To Comment On Anti-Gay Bill
By Abdoulie John Gambia’s top religious official has declined to comment on a controversial anti-gay bill that imposes life imprisonment on anyone found culpable ‘aggravated homosexuality’. “Unless I know for sure, I have no comment to make on this issue,” the President of Gambia Supreme Islamic Council, Imam Momodou Lamin […]
Activists Form Gambia Democracy Challenge
On Thursday September 11, 2014, an initiative called The Gambia Democracy Challenge was launched. Its purpose is to serve as the primary vehicle for mobilizing resources from all Gambians who recognize the fierce urgency we face as a nation. As is the case throughout history, nations that aspire to free […]
Time Cost and Human Capital Damage of One Man Rule in Gambia
An autopsy by Sarjo Bayang Money and material loss quickly comes to mind whenever people talk about 20 years misrule in Gambia. By good account of time and human capital cost since the advent of military dictatorship, overall loss to Gambia as a nation is scary to imagine. Freezing Human […]
Gambia Needs No Federal Constitutional Arrangement With Senegal
By Lamin J Darbo If he is to be believed, Ebou Jallow (EJ), with an unnamed Ghanaian lawyer, and Edward Singhateh, former AFPRC junta member, and APRC Cabinet Minister, were the three inspirations behind the one-sided executive document called the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia. With a […]
‘APRC Kills Our Successful Projects’
Omar Amadou Jallow has released yet another YouTube video message to the public blaming the APRC government for destroying the Gambia’s successful projects. Mr. Jallow, the former Agriculture Minister and Member of Parliament for Serekunda East, recalled how the agriculture projects in the Jawara era had not only helped alleviate […]