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SKIN INFECTION LEADS TO SCHOOL CLOSURE

All schools and other public places where people communicate on a daily basis should take note of the information that a skin disease known...

NEA AWAITED WITH URGENCY CONCERNING BOLONGFENYOTO LAGOON

Minister Manjang is advised to invite the Chinese ambassador for a joint visit to look at Bolongfenyoto Lagoon in Gunjur with their very eyes...

27TH JUNE IS D-DAY FOR THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION

The National Assembly is to begin a new session on 16th June 2025. This is the second session of the 2025 legislative year. The National...

THE FINAL PHASE OF THE TRADE SEASON

A system was put in place for the purchase of groundnuts during the 2024/2025 trade season, which came to an end on 31st March 2025. However,...

KMC MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD PUT THEIR HOUSE IN ORDER

When streets and markets can no longer be separated the law of the jungle is likely to prevail where the fittest survive outside the...

WHAT NEXT FOR THE HEALTH SECTOR?

The accessibility and affordability of medication and laboratory tests are instrumental in health delivery. There are different brands of Coartem in the market. Patients have reported...

KMC NEEDS TO REORGANISE THE MARKET

The chaos and tension on Monday involving shop and canteen owners in the Serrekunda Market and street vendors in the vicinity once again raises...

GOVERNMENT SHOULD HID AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ON THE SAUDI LABOUR MARKET

Getting loans from a country to build roads is one thing. Putting your citizens in an erratic labour market is another thing. The government made...

NO NEED TO OVERLOAD AN ALREADY OVERLOADED SAGA ON EX PRESIDENT...

A simple matter regarding transparency, accountability and probity is now becoming a complex matter of settling scores. The executive addressed the nation on the...

THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE ON THE SPOTLIGHT ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS?

Information has been received of a public lecture by Halifa Sallah entitled “Ensuring Constitutional Change Before The 2026 Presidential Elections (An Inevitable Agenda)”. Foroyaa finds...

VINDICTIVENESS DOES NOT PAY

All Gambians should hang their heads in shame as the National Assembly begins to examine how Ex-President Jammeh’s seized assets were disposed of. The...

THERE CAN BE NO SHOOT TO KILL POLICY UNDER THE GAMBIAN...

A statement made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has to be subjected to review by Foroyaa. During his tour of military installations...

THE BALL IS NOW IN THE COURT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 

The story on impropriety, irregularities and shady deals in the sale of Ex President Jammeh's assets, published in The Republic by Mustapha Darboe, a...

INQUIRY INTO SALE OF JAMMEH’S PROPERTIES SHOULD BE COVERED BY ALL...

A coverage of the impending hearing on the sale and disposal of Ex-President Jammeh’s forfeited assets should be covered by all media houses to...

EX PRESIDENT JAMMEH’S ASSETS AND ITS CONTROVERSIES AND OUTCOME

The moral authority to change a government could only be enhanced by preventing recurrence of its mistakes. A report by Mustapha Darboe alleges lack...

THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF DEMOCRACY

It was the intention of section 207 of the Constitution for the media to hold the government accountable to the people by publishing the...

NO PARTY OWNS THE POLICE

Taking the law into one own hands plunges a country into the law of the jungle. Political parties and groups of citizens are not...

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO HOLD EMERGENCY SESSION ON THE SALE OF EX...

The National Assembly is an oversight institution. Hence rumours on important matters should not be allowed to spread when the facts could be teased...

ARREST THAT SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED

The Gambia needs a government and citizenry that are both empowered to promote the common good without fear or favour, affection or ill will....

SETTLEMENT OF GROUNDNUT TRADE ISSUES SHOULD BE TIME BOUND 

Foroyaa is receiving complaints about the lack of settlement of dues to farmers more than a month after the end of the 2024/2025 groundnut...