Month: November 2015

Politics

Why Am I In This Struggle?

By Ousman Jarra History has taught us that society does not change when people sit down and do nothing but it only does when they demand their rights to be free. My reasons are numerous, from the murder of the students in April 2000, enforced disappearances, tortures, illegal detentions, repressive […]

Editorial

It’s Time To Defeat Overstay

After 50 years of attaining nationhood from the Great Britain, The Gambia has been ruled by only two leaders: Presidents Sir Dawda Jawara and Yahya Jammeh. The former ruled for 30 years until 1994 when the latter seized power by forced, complaining about a whole range of issues, including overstay […]

News

Police Release Detained Magistrate

Kairo News is trying to find out the terms and conditions of Magistrate Jaiteh. He has linked his detention with a land dispute case he had tranferred to Bundung Magistrate’s Court. Jaiteh said his professionally executed decision was within the ambits of the law. Gambian authorities remain tight-lipped on the […]

News

Gambia Fails Another Crucial Test

The Gambia has been ranked second worst out of 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa included in a study on Internet freedom. In its 2015 annual “Freedom on the Net” report, Freedom House, a US-based organization promoting freedom and democracy around the world, scored up to 65 countries globally on real-world […]

Editorial

Magistrate Jaiteh Joins The List

  Is Magistrate Jaiteh Targeted For Freeing Caliph Hydara? The Magistrate who threw away the senseless case against the Caliph General of Darsilameh Sanghajor has joined the list of those illegally arrested and detained without appearing un court or charged. Magistrate Ebrima Jaiteh in May this year freed Sheikh Muhideen Hydara […]

News

White Lives Matter! Black Officers Charged

Luntango Suun Gann Gi muses from London, UK Two dumb trigger-happy police officers from Louisiana, Mississippi USA, made the mistakes of their lives when, having racially profiled a runaway driver of being a Negro, like themselves, they opened fire to “neutralise” the suspect. Unfortunately for the officers, the miscreant driver […]