Thursday, April 25, 2024

Burning Issues

Detained Soldiers Clock 25 Days Without Charge

By Mustapha Jallow Six Gambian soldiers are in their 25th day in military detention without charge, and this is a violation of Section 19 of the 1997 Constitution of the Gambia. Effort were made to get the...

Factory Staff Says They Make Diesel Fuel From Oil Waste

By Mustapha Jallow A staff of Infinity New Energy Enterprise (INEE), on Monday July 8th 2019, alleged that the Chinese factory situated at Nyambai Forest buys...

What Does The Office Of The Chief Justice Say On The...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa decided to approach the Office of the Chief Justice for an explanation regarding the case of the Koina 24 as...

Will The Koina 24 Stay Remanded Until The End Of The...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The high court will be on vacation until October after the end of this month. A Foroyaa reporter went to the...

Should There Be Trial By Media?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Trials are not meant to be one-sided or prejudicial. It starts from the presumption of innocence and extends to giving the...

Why Is There Political Confusion In The Gambia?

QUESTION OF THE DAY The answer to this question is simple. Political parties are bound by party constitutions and coalition is bound by a memorandum...

Police Occupy Land in Kerr Mot Hali

By Yankuba Jallow Members of the Gambia Police Force (GPF) detachment in Kerr Mot Hali village have now occupied a piece of land belonging to...

Has The IEC Registered New Political Parties After The Gambia Action...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The existing registered political parties are as follows: APRC, GAP, GDC, GMC, GPDP, NCP, NRP, PPP, PDOIS and UDP. They are...

Indigenes Of Kerr Mot Hali Continue To Cry For Justice

By Yankuba Jallow The High Court on the 12th October 2017 declared that the people of Kerr Mot Hali are Gambians and have a right to...

Will Those Who Voluntarily Testified At The TRRC Be Dragged To...

QUESTION OF THE DAY The TRRC has been attracting voluntary testimonies which have revealed a wealth of evidence that would enable the commission to know...

Was Yankuba Touray arrested from the TRRC because of the order...

QUESTION OF THE DAY It is the understanding of many observers of Yankuba Touray’s encounter with the Commission that he was arrested because of the...

Is Yankuba Touray On Trial?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa cannot honestly answer this question unless it relies on GRTS for information. The Foroyaa journalist sent to cover the court...

Police Exclude Journalists From Yankuba Touray’s Arraignment

By Nelson Manneh Personnel of the Gambia Police Intervention Unit have denied the media access to cover the arraignment of Yankuba Touray, an ex-member of...

Is A Commission Of Inquiry A Court Or A Fact Finding...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Section 200 (1)(d) of the constitution states, “The President may, whenever he or she deems it advisable,  issue a Commission appointing  one or more...

Police Arrest 3 In Kerr Mot Hali for Performing Prayers At...

By Yankuba Jallow The people of Kerr Mot Hali village who have been seeking justice from Government for some time now, continue to suffer from...

Who Was Responsible For Educating The Gambian People On The Draft...

QUESTION OF THE DAY From July 1994 to August 1996 Decree No. 4 banned all political party activities and the dissemination of political ideas. Only...

Soldier Shot By Another

By Kebba Secka Lance Corporal Samba Bah of the Gambia Armed Forces is reported to have negligently discharged a gun shot that penetrated into the...

Police Detain Yankuba Touray

By Yankuba Jallow Yankuba Touray, an ex-member of the defunct AFPRC junta has been arrested under the instruction of the TRRC following his refusal to...

Why Does GRTS Not Broadcast National Assembly Live?

QUESTION OF THE DAY It is very strange that apart from social media no major media house in The Gambia broadcasts National Assembly proceedings live....

Vice President Pays Assessment Visit To Windstorm Survivors In URR

By Lamin Fatty The Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, made a day’s assessment visit to windstorm victims in URR. The incident claimed three lives on 23rd June...