The Gambia government has reportedly mumbled an emergency security alert across the country, Kairo News has learned. The declaration followed President Yahya Jammeh’s departure to the 23rd African Union Summit held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday. The Summit, whose theme is Agriculture and Food Security in Africa, ended on […]
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Fifa ‘Tried To Stop’ Ghana Row
Fifa has revealed it was ready to pay Ghana’s players their World Cup bonuses directly and deduct it from the Ghana Football Association’s prize money. After Ghana’s players boycotted training in protest at not receiving their money, the country’s government flew $3m (£1.8m) in cash to Brazil. Fifa secretary general […]
Zeinab – A Thorn In Jammeh's Flesh
The First Lady Madam Zenab Soumah Jammeh has proven to be a thorn in president Jammeh’s flesh. “You see what Allah does. The whole country, including soldiers with bazukas fear Jammeh who in turn fears his slim wife. He fears only his wife more than Allah,” our State House Revealer […]
Nyanchor Sanneh Is Not Kebba ‘Nyanchor’ Sanneh
Kairo News published a piece two days ago by one Nyancho Sanneh. The article, titled Sham Election Tarnished CORDEG’s Reputation, has contained an error. We mistakenly published Kebba ‘Nyanchor’ Sanneh, a renowned Gambian activist based in Sweden, who also is also fondly referred to as ‘Nyanchor’ as the author. Kebba ‘Nyanchor’ […]
Ramadan Appeal For Imam Bakawsu Fofana
Ramadan is a month in which small deeds are multiplied. Remember to donate generously to Imam Bakawsu Fofana in exile, Senegal. Imam Bakawsu and his students require our assistance in this holy month. The regular brothers/sisters who do it can contact me or if they want to do it directly […]
African Heads Summit In US: Black Americans Must Be Proactive
Excitement is indeed building around the upcoming first White House African Heads of State Summit, which will take place in Washington between August 4 – 6th. President Barack Obama will be welcoming about 50 African leaders to Washington for a series of discussions and meetings around ideas to increase US trade […]
More Resignations Rock CORDEG
Kairo News has confirmed the resignation of three members of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG). This came on the heels of the immediate withdrawal of the Gambia Democratic Action Group (GDAG) from CORDEG on Sunday. The members who tendered their resignations with immediate effect […]
Sham Election Tarnished CORDEG's Reputation
By Nyanchor Sanneh Very unfortunate that GDAG has withdrawn from CORDEG. The reputation of CORDEG has already been tarnished after their sham election. So many ugly behind the scenes incidents happened that already disqualified the Executive Committee. Lawyer Lamin Darboe summed up the truth. Did anyone read a response from […]
Breaking News: GDAG Quits CORDEG
The Gambia Democratic Action Group (GDAG) has become the latest group to pull out of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG). The North Carolina based group followed into the footsteps of Lawyer Mai Fatty of the Gambia Moral Congress who parted with CORDEG shortly after […]
UDP Leader Briefs EU Delegates In Court
The leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) on Thursday briefed the European Union delegation at Brikama Magistrate’Court. At the time of the briefings, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe was defending Lasana Jobarteh, his party’s media and press officer. Mr Jobarteh was detained for over a week without a charge after covering a joint rally […]
All Eyes on Gambian Referee Bakary Gassama Tomorrow
The Gambia have arrived at the world cup, as ‘Our man in black’ will decide group B match. The world cup fever has hit the small football loving West African country from the start. The Brazil world cup is proving to be unpredictable and entertaining at the same time, with many […]
Demarcating Blurred Frontiers Of Manding World And An Inquest Into Internal Dynamics
By Dodou Jawneh Inspiration for the article The article was written partly as an inspiration by Margit Smith’s work entitled Mande Kora published by University of Maine at Augusta. This work provided details of one German woman’s experience in learning to become a full fledge jalimusu. Her tutors included Jali […]