THE EXPECTATIONS OF AN ELECTION YEAR
An election year is a year when sovereign citizens are capable of taking back what they have entrusted to representatives. It is a year...
THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS TO MAJOR SETTLEMENTS IN UPPER NUIMI
Travellers who frequent the road from Barra to Upper Nuimi inhale so much dust and go through torture because of the potholes which force...
Foroyaa’s publication of the accident Halifa Sallah reported at the PDOIS...
Foroyaa’s publication of the accident Halifa Sallah reported at the PDOIS rally on Sunday, 6 March, 2016 at Fass Chaho in Upper Nuimi, should...
DECEMBER 2016, TIME FOR DECISION THE BATTLE FOR THE HEARTS AND...
Every election period is a time for reckoning, a time when elected officials have to account for their decisions and actions or lack of...
THE GAMBIA IS NOT AN ISLAMIC STATE
Foroyaa has made it abundantly clear over and over again that The Gambia is not an Islamic state. Mere public utterances and changing of...
THE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND THE ISLAMIC STATE
The gala dinner organized by the State to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Independence was graced by prayers only to end up with a...
TARANGA FM MANAGER IN HOSPITAL
The case of the Taranga FM Manager could not proceed at the high court on Monday because of his admission in hospital.
Sheriff Dibba, the...
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SENEGALO-GAMBIAN SECRETARIAT? WHY ARE THE...
The existence of an institution jointly established by Gambia and Senegal to manifest closer than normal ties, known as the Senegalo-Gambian Secretariat, should have...
THE ROLE OF GRTS IN GAMBIAN POLITICS Focus on PDOIS Presidential...
On Wednesday, 24 February, 2016, the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) issued a press release indicating that Halifa Sallah was selected...
THE RACE FOR 2016 HEATING UP
Political parties in The Gambia are conducting meetings, holding or planning congresses and conventions as we prepare for a decisive presidential election on 1st...
THE LESSONS FROM THE DEATH OF SHERIFF DIBBA IN CUSTODY
The death of Sheriff Dibba, the Secretary of the Gambia National Transport Control Association (GNTCA), should be ringing the alarm bell for the government.
Detention...
LOOK INTO THE IMPACT OF THE BORDER CLOSURE
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) should look into the impact of the Gambia-Senegal border closure on its members.
The fact that Gambia...
UNNECESARY TENSION AT THE BORDER STATEMANSHIP REQUIRED TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE
22 February 2016 - Both the Senegalese president and the Gambian president have uttered that Gambians and Senegalese are one people but a small...
THE IMPACT OF TARIFF BARRIERS AND BORDER CLOSURES
23 February 2016 - In 2014, The Gambia gained over 3 billion dalasi from the re-export trade. The re-export trade is a major foreign...
INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE
Fifty one years ago, on 18 February 1965, The Gambia was declared an independent state, a national flag was hoisted, a national anthem was...
TRADE BARRIERS OR SUBREGIONAL INTEGRATION
Senegalese unionists are again protesting what they say is a drastic increase in the payment of goods brought into Gambia from Senegal and are...
THE BAN ON CHARCOAL – A BAN ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF...
The announcement or reminder from state house that the ban on charcoal is still in force dawned upon Gambians as another regimental order, ordering...
WOMEN’S AFFAIRS, WOMEN’S BUREAU AND WOMEN’S FEDERATION WHY NOT ZERO TOLERANCE...
State power is a public property. It is not personal property. Hence its exercise must not depend on the whims and caprices of its...
GAMBIANS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE US PRIMARIES
Reports reaching Foroyaa indicate that the US primaries are leaving lasting impression on the Gambian voter. A man visited the Foroyaa office and asked...
IS THE GOVERNMENT NOT CONSTANTLY CREATING A CRISIS SITUATION FOR ITSELF?
No one could understand why an Election Act would be amended to restrict more political participation by a government which has been in office...
