Tuesday, March 4, 2025

General News

OIC Roads Will Be Ready By May

By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure has said that the target of the government is to complete all the OIC road...

Government Launches Nationwide Campaign to Combat Misinformation, Disinformation

By Ndey Sowe With support from Wave Gambia, the Ministry of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services officially launched a nationwide campaign to counter misinformation and...

Liberian Warlord Pleads Guilty in US in Move that Experts Say...

By Yankuba Jallow The US trial of an accused Liberian warlord Laye Sekou Camara, alias “K-1” or “Dragon Master” has ended in a guilty plea....

Author to Launch ‘Storytelling as a Method of Teaching Moral Values’ 

By Assan Bah Dr. Seedy Lamin Drammeh, a renowned author and staff of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), is set to launch his thirty-sixth (36th)...

Tourism Ministry Clarifies Instructions on Suspension of New Land Applications in...

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture (MOTAC) in a press release issued on Thursday, 23 January 2025 clarified the instructions given...

Gambia Urged to Address Caste, Descent-Based Discrimination

By Nelson Manneh Four countries including Mexico, Romania, Sierra Leone, and Colombia have recommended Gambia to address caste and descent-based discrimination at the 48th Universal...

Private Sector Policies Key to Economic Growth, Says GUBA President

By Ndey Sowe Mustapha John, President of Gam United Breeders Association (GUBA), has called on the Gambia government to adopt private-sector-friendly policies and legislation to...

GPF Submits Report on Unburned Prohibited Drugs for Legal Action

By Nelson Manneh The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force, Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo, on Wednesday, 22 January 2025 informed the...

Nafa Program to Expand to 20,000 More Households in Kombo

By Ndey Sowe The National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) has announced that the Nafa cash transfer program, a key pillar of The Gambia's Resilience, Inclusion, Skills,...

Gamcel Staff Demand Timely Payment of Salaries, Improved Working Conditions 

By Nelson Manneh & Kemeseng Sanneh Concerned Gamcel staff have handed a petition to Mr. Lamin Tunkara, the Managing Director of Gamcel, yesterday Monday, 20th January...

NAO Says Farmers Prefer Timely Availability of Fertilizer

By Kebba AF Touray In its audit report on the provision of farm inputs to farmers, the National Audit Office (NAO) has disclosed that farmers...

New digital system introduced by SSHFC

As part of its efforts to digitalize its entire system, the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) has introduced what it called a...

Gambia Ferry Service trains staff on emergency response 

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Ferry Service (GFS) has concluded a 3-day emergency response safety capacity building training for its 25 staff. The training aims to...

Nafa cash transfer: Positive Playful Parenting Expands to 17 New Districts

By Ndey Sowe The Nafa Cash Transfer program, a key component of The Gambia's Resilience, Inclusion, Skills, and Equality (RISE) project, has rolled out the...

Foni Beneficiaries Hail SBCC Component of Nafa Project as Transformative

By Ndey Sowe As the Nafa cash transfer program reaches its twelfth payment cycle for extremely poor households across The Gambia, beneficiaries in the Foni...

Taskforce confiscate goods from road vendors

By Amadou Manjang Operation Clear the Road task force seized a large quantity of goods from the Serekunda Market on Friday.  The confiscated goods, which mainly...

D261 Million Allocated to Procure Fertilizer in 2024

By Kebba AF Touray The National Audit Office (NAO) has reported that a total of US$9.0 Million or approximately two hundred and sixty-one million Dalasi...

Minister Says “Access to Information Not A Privilege, But A Right”

By Nelson Manneh Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, said during the validation of the consolidated Access to Information Implementation Plan, which...

GLAM at odds with staff over renewal of contract 

By Amadou Manjang Foroyaa is privy to a letter written by Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency indicating that the agency seeks not to renew the contract...

Migrant Workers to Spain to Work on Farms

By Assan Bah Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE) Lamin Dampha has informed Foroyaa that the migrant workers...