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UNDERMINING THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE TRAINING OF LAWYERS

It was hoped that the training of young lawyers and their mobilisation to serve as magistrates would make it possible to temper the administration...

THE NASIR AHMADIYYA AUTHORITIES SHOULD HAVE REPORTED ANY TRESPASS TO THE...

Foroyaa is investigating allegations of what led to the closure of  Nasir Ahmadiyaa Senior Secondary School during the President’s tour of the URR. The victims are...

IS THERE A WAR IN FRANCE? ARE THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES...

The French authorities claim that France is at war but no foreign enemy has occupied French territory. Most of the people who carried out...

THE PRESIDENCY AND THE ETHICS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATION

The Constitutional role of the Gambian media is to promote the provisions of the constitution and hold the government accountable to the people of...

THE WORLD SHOULD NOT GIVE THE ATTACK ON PARIS THE STATUS...

Clubs, Restaurants and Football fields are not command and control structures of armies. They are not targets of warfare. They host defenceless civilians whose political...

THE TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT WHAT WE EXPECTED

We expected that since the media has the role of holding the government accountable to the people that the government would extend special invitation...

WILL THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF ALL DETAINEES AND THE...

One of the decisions which would show that prisoners were released without any partisan consideration is the release of Amadou Sanneh. Secondly, recent detainees and...

A NATIONAL DEBATE ON THE ARRESTS AND DETENTION OF MAGISTRATES AND...

In order to prevent impunity a justice system is established by all civilised societies with the aim to give every accused person a fair...

THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION NEED TO PROTECT...

Magistrates and judges are the pillars of a judicial system. They must be free from intimidation or inducement to enable them to be independent...

THE NEED TO DETACH AGRICULTURAL, METEOROLOGICAL, HYDROLOGICAL AND WILD LIFE ...

Even laymen could notice that the rain pattern have changed this year. Many rice fields have been inundated and food security may be under...

STATE VEHICLES ARE BEING PARKED AT DENTON BRIDGE A PARTY LEADER’S...

It is the duty of the executive to make countrywide tours to find out the impact of government policy on the population. The most important...

IS BOKA HARAM SUBSCRIBING TO RELIGION OR IDEOLOGY? 270 CHIBOK SCHOOL...

It is a fundamental Islamic principle that there is no compulsion in religion. Hence there is no contradiction in being a citizen of a...

IS PETITIONING THE PRESIDENT BECOMING RISKY? PREROGATIVE OF MERCY AND EXECUTIVE...

The Constitution makes petitioning the executive a right. Section 25 Subsection (1)(f) states that, “every person shall have the right and freedom to petition...

FOROYAA’S FEARS ON GAMBIANS IN SENEGALESE PRISONS IS JUSTIFIED BY PRISON...

For months we have been calling on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to look into the plight of Gambians in Senegalese prisons. It is common...

LEADERS WHO RELY ON FOREIGN POWERS TO GOVERN BECOME HOSTAGES ...

The US avoided attacking ASSAD and be responsible for the political mess of leaving Syria without a government which could govern and thus bringing...

WHERE IS IMAM ALHAJI OUSMAN SAWANEH? The 72 hours...

Imam Alhaji Ousman Sawaneh was detained on 18th October 2015. He has been kept under detention without trial for 11 days. The constitution does not...

PRESIDENTS FIGHTING AGAINST TERM LIMIT CONGO BRAZZAVILLE JOINS...

President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been in office from 1979 to 1992 and from 1997 to date.  The Constitution of Congo Brazzaville like that...

TWO STRATEGIES BEING EMPLOYED BY OUTSIDERS IN SYRIA THE...

Iraq, Syria and Libya were secular states under Sadam Hussein, Bashar Assad and Muamar Ghadaffi. Like North Korea, they fell short of being secular democratic Republics...

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BILL TO INTRODUCE PENALTY FOR OFFENCES NOT...

On 10 June 2015, the executive published a Bill in the Gazette entitled “Constitution (Amendment) Act 2015” The Bill had the following object: it “seeks to...

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH JUDGES? THE HEAD COUNT STARTS ON MONDAY

Many of our readers are alarmed by the number of judges who bade farewell to their peers in the bar and the bench and have...