By Suntou Touray “If you are willing and ready to be an effective human campaigner, then cut out the number of people you chat with freely. Whatever we utter – in camera or in public – can be used against us.” Suntou What Does Samsudeen Sarr know? Did anyone remember […]
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Former Kenya PM Flogged In Public
Things fall apart for Kenya’s former Prime Minister at a rally in Kwale county where he was flogged by an old man. Raila Odinga was twice beaten with a wooden stick while dancing on the podium. Mr. Odinga’s security took control of the man who was arrested by the police. […]
Visa 2 Da Kingdom Denied
Preface by Dida Jallow-Halake: Words of comfort from a peeved very educated Kenyan (says he has never been to Da Kingdom, so this essay shows how good our Kenyan anglicised education is because a full 90% of Her Majesty’s subjects in today’s United Kingdom cannot write in the English language […]
PDOIS Ready To Work With UDP
The opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) has expressed its readiness to “cooperate with the UDP [United Democratic Party] to work assiduously for electoral reform so that no Gambian would be unreasonably and unjustifiably restricted from voting or being voted for in free, fair and genuine elections.” […]
Will It Be The Bullet Or The Ballot To The Third Republic?
As we get closer and closer towards the next presidential elections of 2016, it is getting ever clearer that left to our opposition politicians alone, the prospect of an electoral alliance for coalition building is now bleak than years ago. Then division within the Gambian political opposition was bipolar but […]
Be Aware Of President Jammeh’s New Killer Machine!
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands Folks it is logical that when someone badly needs help and hears another person offering it, he or she will do anything possible to reach for the help no matter what may cost. When our lunatic and shameless President claimed that he can cure […]
Detained Gambian Activist Freed
The detained Gambian activist has been unconditionally freed from detention, Kairo News has been reliably informed. Ousainou Baye Sankareh, a local language presenter of Kibaaro Radio, was released from security custody with no strings attached. The activist was detained by officials of the National Intelligence Agency in Banjul since his […]
Refugees Facing Imminent Removal To Gambia
FAO: Hon. Dr. George Vella Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta C/O: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Palazzo Parisio Merchant Street Valletta Malta VTL 1171 By Email to: info@mfa@gov.mt 28 September 2014 Hon. Dr Vella, Gambian Refugees facing Imminent Removal to The Gambia It has come to the attention of Committee […]
Girl Stabs 'Baby Daddy' To Death
Mariama Konteh alias ‘Kuku’ from the Bakau quarter known as ‘Farokono’, has been arrested for stabbing to death her boyfriend, Tijan Bah, 23, Wednesday evening not far from the offices of The Standard newspaper. A visibly grief-stricken aunty of the deceased, Aji Fatou Jallow, yesterday told The Standard: “I understand […]
News Flash: NIA Detains Gambian Activist
Gambian activist has been reportedly arrested and detained by the agents of the Gambia’s most feared National Intelligence Agency. Ousainou Baye Sankareh, a local language radio presenter of Kibaaro Radio, was believed to be intercepted at the Banjul International Airport shortly after he landed on Thursday. Details of Mr. Sankareh’s […]
‘We’ll Engage IEC On Diaspora Vote’
The former United Democratic Party parliamentarian has expressed his party’s resolve to engage the Gambia’s electoral commission on extending voting rights to Gambians in the Diaspora. Momodou Lamin Sanneh, who represented Kiang West in Parliament, said engaging the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the issue is crucial as the country […]
Texas Ebola Patient May Contact 100 People
The circle of people who have come into contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan is rapidly expanding, jumping from 18 to 80 early today and then leaping to 100, according to Texas health officials. “Out of an abundance of caution, we’re starting with this very wide net, including people […]