Democratic Progressive Party leader Peter Mutharika was declared the winner of Malawi’s disputed presidential election after defeating President Joyce Banda. Mutharika, the brother of former president Bingu wa Mutharika, took 36.4 percent of the votes cast against Banda’s 20.2 percent, the electoral commission said. The results were announced minutes after […]
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‘Discharge Bahoum Dishonourably’
The action by the Tujereng Police officers to continuously harass, abuse and arrest UDP [United Democratic Party] Youth Activist is a complete breach of the oath the police have taken to serve and protect the people and their liberty. I need not to remind Station Officer [Hassan] Bahoum that the […]
Debate Over Raising Chickens In US
By Lamin Sabally in Minnesota National Public Radio Intelligence Square Debaters fiercely battle ideas on raising chickens in US residential backyard. If I were still living in the Gambia, Africa’s incontrovertible Smiling Coast and was told that an intense debate got underway on the National Radio airwaves about imminent possibility […]
Gambia Goes After Deserted Soldiers
The alarming rate of attrition among Gambian soldiers has not only alerted the Jammeh government but also forces it to act, military sources told Kairo News. The paranoid regime that limps with fears of an eminent attack has formed a board to look into why Gambian soldiers have been deserting […]
As Jammeh Eyes UTG’s Millions
Prof. Kah’s Lobbyists At Work By An Insider Many of us do not know that fake Professor Muhamadou Kah’s five-year contract as University of The Gambia (UTG) Vice Chancellor officially came to an end on 30th April 2014. Like all looters, they never reach satisfaction and Kah is no exception. […]
Jammeh's Hacking Plot Exposed
Kairo News has got a hint of the Gambia government’s sinister plot to “hack into the computers” of diaspora journalists. The dictatorial regime has already devised a scheme to remote control the computers of Kairo News Senior Editor, Yaya Dampha and the Publisher of Freedom Newspaper, Pa Nderry M’bai. The […]
Africell Staff Decries Outsourcing
Africell staff have been sleepless nights over the company’s outsourcing of their colleagues to G4S. The complaint is contained in a letter sent to Kairo News Editor. Read below the letter in full: Dear Musa, We the Africell staff are in a very big trouble it is causing sleepless night […]
No Sex Please, We’re Parliamentarians
The democracy in South Africa is exemplary at best. The country’s parliamentarians resort to protest after a sex shop was open close to the house of parliament. If this was in the Gambia, forceful reprisals have would ensued. South Africa’s ruling ANC on Wednesday protested the opening of a sex […]
‘Africa Faces Persistent Challenges’
Africa Day on 25 May will be the conclusion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union. Africa has used the opportunity of these celebrations to reflect on the past fifty years, the current state of the continent, but most […]
Kickstarter Fund-raising In Promotion Of Sewruba
Donate generously toward the kickstarter project, spearheaded by Gambian singing sensation, the young and talented Kumba Kuyateh. Kickstarter project aims to raise funds in putting the ancient drumming style, Sewruba as a centre piece in a new musical recording. Sewruba is an ancient Mandingka Traditional Drumming and Dance instrument. To […]
Nigerian Women Repel Boko Haram
Local women in the villages of Attagara and Kawuri in Borno State disarmed 10 Boko Haram terrorists who tried to attack their communities over the weekend resulting in the lynching of seven of the insurgents. As part of its ongoing reign of terror, Boko Haram tried to spread its operations […]
Police Freed UDP Youth Activist
Police in Tujereng released a youth activist of the main opposition United Democratic Party from unlawful detention. Amadou Jallow, who has had his phone seized, was detained after his arrest on Sunday. The police had earlier stormed the Sunday youth re-organising and engagement tour of the party in Bato Kunku […]