Tune in to the illustrious history of Niani by the late Jali Banna Kanuteh on Tuesday. The griot master of Balafon player will narrate the founding story of Janjan Bureh, McCarthy Island or George Town. Jali Banna took us through a journey explaining how the founders of Niani settled there […]
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First Ladies With Different Goals
Zeinab Jammeh Vs Margaret Kenyatta After watching Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta ran 42 kilometer marathon in London purposely to raise money for her country’s women and children, it behooves on us to take a pause and think of the Gambia’s First Lady Madam Zeinab Zuma Jammeh. What is […]
Why I Won't Vote For ANC
By David Smith in Johannesburg Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has spoken of his pain at being snubbed by organisers of Nelson Mandela’s funeral last year as his relationship with South Africa’s dominant party continues to sour. Tutu, who like Mandela won the Nobel peace prize as a leader of […]
Breaking News: Jammeh’s Entourage Kills Young Boy
A native of Sandu Misera village on Thursday became the latest casualty of President Yahya Jammeh’s meet the people’s tour. Lamin Sanneh, believed to be aged below 10 years, was hit and killed by a double cabin pickup at Kanube village in Fulladu East district, about 8 kilometers from Basse. […]
Old Papa’s Final Fight
By Dida Halake In my favourite movie of all time, The Godfather, the aging Don Corleone anoints his son Michael as his successor. Senegal’s former President Wade also anointed his son Karim as his successor. Both succession attempts turned out to be bloody – but it is only the Godfather’s […]
How Musa Jammeh Rose to Prominence
Our State House revealer is back again with what he called “another dirty secret Gambians are not privy to.” This is about how the late Col. Musa Jammeh and Capt. Tumbul Tamba came to prominence. The revealer said it all happened after the late Lt. Almamo Manneh, the Logistic and […]
'Jammeh Breaks Bodyguard's Ribs'
President Yahya Jammeh is accused of physically striking his personal aides to the extent of breaking the ribs of one of them. “He would physically strike his orderlies with his hand or cane,” State House source said. The source said two of the Gambian leader’s orderlies – Ba Jerreh […]
Lingua Franca In The Gambia
Language As A Culture Of Civilization By Seedy Fofanah A lingua franca is any language which a country adopts as its official language, and which has different language chosen group country like The Gambia, Nigeria, India, Indonesia and many other countries alike though. A lingua Franca is supposed to […]
Chief Fired For Not Welcoming Jammeh
President Yahya Jammeh’s dialogue with the people’s tour has proven to be a moment that instills fear and apprehension among district chiefs, alkalolu and senior government officials who have become victims of either arrest, detention or sacking. Some have been charged with giving false information to a public officer or […]
Gambia Detains Scores For Supplying Info
The reported arrest and detention of scores of people accused of supplying information overseas has renewed the Gambia government’s paranoia and adamancy to trample on freedom of expression. Kairo News has been reliably informed about the arrest of Mankamang Kanagie and others in Bakau after the notorious National Intelligence Agency […]
Bala Garba Jahumpa Evacuated For Treatment
Confirmed sources informed Kairo Newsthat the Gambia’s Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure who was involved in a car accident on Sunday, April 20, was hurriedly flown out of the country on Monday night. Bala Garba Jahumpa was involved in the accident in Upper River Region while he was on […]
Obstacles To Gambia’s Struggle
A senior political activist has pinpointed what can be seen as the greatest obstacles to the struggle to liberate the Gambia from the clutches of tyranny. “The political persecution of targeted opposition/UDP activists or supporters must stop,” Mr. Alkali Conteh writes, in reaction to the arrest and detention incommunicado of […]