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The Security Situation

Security is not only about law and order as assumed in the past. Protection of life and property goes beyond simply following, arresting and...

Uneasy Calm Saddles Kanifing Municipality

KM with a population of approximately 400,000 is the second largest administrative area in The Gambia. Its concentration of young people makes it absolutely...

Findings At Last On Detentions Without Trial And Disappearances Without Trace

Since families accepted interviews on the arrest and detention and disappearance without trace, Foroyaa has been exposing the plight of the victims and that...

The Fact And Fiction Behind Deyda’s Death

It has been long and stories were many but now confession has been made. The fiction could now be distinguished from the facts. The testimonies...

Do Political Parties Have Code Of Conduct For Their Members?

Citizens have a right to freedom of expression and freedom of association. The best form of expression and association is to say and associate...

Advice To The US President And Those Who Call Themselves Women...

As the Somali American representative from Minnesota battle against narrow nationalist prejudices based on her origin, Foroyaa is compelled to heighten the debate on...

Court Goes On Holiday With Remanded Prisoners In Cells

It is a fundamental principle that justice must be done and must be seen to be done. The Criminal Procedure Code aims to restrict...

Is There A New Party?

Foroyaa is constantly bombarded with information of the emergence of one political party or the other. In some cases, online messages are given of...

On The Resignation Of A President

Some people are contemplating the resignation of the president under the Gambian Constitution without advancing constitutional amendments. Under section 65 of the 1997 Constitution:...

The US House Of Representatives Saves The World From War

On Friday, the House of Representatives of the US imposed a ban on President Trump from using any federal funds in a war campaign against...

Chinese investment in The Gambia and Environmental Questions

Diplomacy with a human face rests on three fundamental pillars - state to state relationship, state to people relationship and people to people relationship. Investment...

ID Cards For All In How Many Years?

According to Immigration officials, 65,251 ID cards have been issued in eight months. Hence in a year one would expect one hundred thousand ID...

How Should A Nation Deal With Its Past?

How a nation is to deal with its past is a fundamental question that is now confronting the Gambian people. Events that happened 24...

The Courts Are The Bastion Of Justice And Stability

Where there is no justice there is no peace. Peace comes when one’s rights as a human being are fully respected and protected. Many...

How Many Millions Will The Gambian State Continue To Pay For...

No matter who governs the Gambian state is the Gambian state. Today’s leaders have to pay for the wrongs done by previous leaders. Tomorrow’s...

6000 Bags Of Fertiliser At D700 Available In Nine Places In...

Fertiliser is now needed to be in the hands of farmers, otherwise we could predict crop failure before we go any further in monitoring...

The Threat Of The Worst Drone War In Human History

The world is watching as a new Gulf War creeps in gradually after President Trump unraveled President Obama’s peace architecture in the Middle East...

Journalists Allowed To Cover Yankuba’s Case

The media is given the constitutional responsibility to make the government accountable to the people. The courts are no exception. As the third arm...

What Happened At The High Court Yesterday?

Journalists excluded! Journalists excluded! Journalists excluded!

What Is Meant By Transitional And Consequential Provision Of A Constitution?

Some people have been arguing that the 1997 Constitution should not have been supported because of its transitional and consequential provisions. We expected that...