By Foday Samateh Even as I write these words, a part of me is still in denial. Ten years on, the wishful in me still clings to a chimera. I do so because the ghoulish reality of December 16, 2004, sends me in bouts of disillusionment to the borders of derangement. […]
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Gambia’s Sugar-coated UPR Report
Due to public demand, Kairo News has decided to bring you the Gambia’s 2014 Universal Periodic Review report that was presented in Geneva on October 28. Gambian activist victims – Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh and Musa Saidykhan – were in Geneva for the programme. I. Methodology 1. This Report […]
Halake Calls For Unity Gov’t If APRC Win
Daily News, Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Dear Candidate President, I had a dream about you an hour ago Mr. President. I had never dreamt about you before in all the time I have known you, but I have woken up out of a dream about you. I normally dream about […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marriage Crisis Among Gambians In West: Love Becomes Casualty
By Suntou Touray (Bolonba) ‘The reasons and motivations for divorces are primarily material, not violence or mistreatment as projected to the western social services. Men in the Gambia should start asking in-laws whether they’re giving daughters in marriage as we know it or for hustle. Since the same parents place […]
TANGO 10th Policy Dialogue Series
Quality Service Delivery in Telephony, GSM and Internet Services Wednesday 17 September 2014 TANGO Conference Hall 9.30am Introduction Telephony services were introduced in The Gambia since the early days of independence and has been for the most part essentially provided by the national telecommunications company, GAMTEL. There currently exist tens […]
President Obama Answers Questions from Young Africans
President Obama answers questions from young African leaders during the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Q. Mr. President. I’m from South Africa. Previously Nelson Mandela had inspired the foundation of the South Africa Fund for Enterprises. It has run for two decades, and it has since been stopped. Is […]
Let's Come Out En Masse To Talk Sense Into Jammeh!
On Tuesday August 5th, Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh is expected to be in Washington for a summit of African and United States government officials. Gambians in the United States are preparing to give Mr. Jammeh the reception he deserves and we want to talk about why every Gambian ought to be […]
4 Years On Death Row: What Can Be Done About Lang Tombong & Co? Final Part
By Mohammed Lamin Sillah In this second and last part we scrutinize the judgment handed by Justice Emanuel Amadi in the case, the ineptitude of the defense lawyers and what we can do as Gambians, living abroad, far from the killer arms of the dictator in Banjul. Even from a […]
4 Years On Death Row: What Can Be Done About Lang Tombong & Co? Part 1
By Mohamed Lamin Sillah Last Wednesday was exactly four years since Justice Emmanuel Amadi of the High Court convicted and sentenced to death the former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) and seven others. It was on July 16, 2010 that Lang Tombong Tamba, Omar […]
Why Dr. Saine Should Pack Up
By Burama Sanneh, Seattle, Washington State Let the Chair or Public Relations Officer of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) explain why those who attended the 2013 Raleigh Conference for Democracy and Good Governance and even contributed financially were left out while those who did not attend […]