Dear Mr. Ndour, In DUGA’s open letter to you, we implored you, and the artists you produce to be sensitive to the plight of Gambians in your dealings with Yahya Jammeh. We are asking you to be sensitive as owner of Groupe Futur Media, and your record label to the […]
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Gambia Gov’t Put To Task Again
The Gambia government has been asked to improve on its decaying human rights situation. This newest call, which followed similar numerous calls, was part of the recommendations by Gambia Human Rights Network (GHRN). The network submitted the report to the United Nations Working Group for Universal Periodic Review of the […]
Abolish Tribes And Tribalism: A Challenge Of Our History
“Goam bunyudul lal du werr muk” – An untreated wound will never heal! By Ousainou Mbenga In my humble view, the treatment must begin from a historical analysis of how this wound was inflicted on us in order to establish the appropriate treatment and save subsequent generations from living with […]
Jammeh’s English Threat Is Utopic
Dear Editor, May I response to the comical and the illusionary statement of President Jammeh, that, “I am going to ban English in public schools”, and his further description of Queen Victoria as the bloodiest person ever to live on the face of the earth? Sir, it is obvious that […]
GCC Launches Website
The Gambia Consultative Council (GCC), recognizing the growing need for action, is pleased to present Gambians a platform for communicating and exchanging of ideas. The imperativeness of using all avenues of communications, in a fast changing media and communication landscape, cannot be overestimated. The GCC website will allow every Gambian […]
APRC Lacks Case Against UDP 14
Magistrate Dayo of Brikama has fined the prosecution representing the ruling Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction party of President Yahya Jammeh for wasting the court’s time. The D700 fine was imposed after the prosecution’s slowed down the trial of the 14 United Democratic Party youths. The police prosecutor is […]
8 Years Of Disappearance Without Trace
By Fabakary B. Ceesay They were comrades in politics and very good friends at all levels. April 4th, 2014, marks exactly eight years since their abduction and disappearance without trace. Little did the families and loved ones of Momodou Lamin Nyassi, Buba Sanyang and Ndongo Mboob know they would never […]
Kairo Discovers Real Yahya Jammeh
For more than 19 years, Gambians have been on a journey of fact finding mission about why their president behaves in peculiar ways. Kairo News too has been on this journey until last week when we finally cracked the nut. What our investigation has found was that our president had […]
Namibian legislator pushes for wife-swapping law
‘Right or Wrong, men exchange wives in Namibia, and the legislators want to make it law and regulate the practice, whilst some women in west Africa are fighting against polygamy. The practice occur where best friends exchange wives for a day or for an occasion. Africa, a hot cake of everything!’ […]
Gambia's "No Call No Show"
The Gambia government’s unexplained absence at the just concluded EU-Africa summit in Brussels, Belgium, is unacceptable in any serious democracy. Where else do we expect such a madness and disrespect to occur without qualms or fingers being raised other than a small country whose people find themselves chained in absolute […]
Peter Singhatey Exposed
Peter Begs Jammeh To Spare The Singhatey Family By Alhajie Kanteh The Gambia Daily Observer recently carried a publication conveying message of goodwill and support of erstwhile Lt. Col. Peter Singhatey to the dictator Jammeh and his brutal regime. Singhatey, who is on self-imposed exile somewhere in Ireland, is coming […]
Breaking News: Samba Faal Dismissed
By Yaya Dampha Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} President Yahya Jammeh has terminated the services of the Gambia’s High Commissioner to Senegal. Samba […]