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Foreign Minister Says 800 Gambian Migrants Evacuated From Morocco

From 2022 To Date By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Momodou Tangar said from 2022 to date, the Foreign Ministry has facilitated the...

Kembujeh Oil Spill Victims Confirm Compensation But…

By Assan Bah Residents of Kembujeh in the West Coast Region, who were last year affected by oil spill from a NAWEC facility, have confirmed...

Anti-Corruption Bill Reviewed By Lawmakers, Gambia ‘Participates’

By Mustapha Jallow Members of Gambia Participates in partnership with Transparency International, lawmakers and government officials are currently reviewing the 2019 Anti-Corruption (AC) Bill which...

Who Signed Bail Bond for Khadija Kebbeh?

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Controversy has ensued in the case of Khadija Kebbeh after the lawyer for the two sureties said the signatures on the...

Drivers’ Association Accuses Transport Union of Flouting Court Orders

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The National Drivers’ Association has accused the Gambia Transport Union of disregarding the orders of the high court. The drivers group...

‘BAC Ledger Indicates Over D9 Million Spent on Purchase of Fuel’

For Year Under Review By Makutu Manneh Ebrima Sanyang, the Director of Procurement, Policy and Operations at the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA), said the Authority's...

BaAC Chairperson Elected GALGA President

By Nelson Manneh The Chairperson of the Basse Area Council (BaAC) Muhamadou Ceesay, has been elected President of the Gambia Association of Local Government Authorities...

Environmental  Activists Call on Government to Preserve Country’s Natural Resources

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia's environmental activists took to the streets in a peaceful protest on Saturday 22nd July 2023, calling on the government of...

Ferries GM Calls for More Support to Provide Stable Services

By Assan Bah Lamin Jawara, the General Manager (GM) of the Gambia Ferry Services (GFS) has called for more support from the Gambia Ports Authority...

Dr. Samateh says Deaths Of 70 Children Was Due To AKI...

By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Health, Dr Ahmad Lamin Samateh, has finally admitted and confirmed to the media, that the deaths of seventy children...

Gov’t Revokes Importation License of Atlantic Pharmaceutical

By Nelson Manneh The Government of The Gambia has permanently revoked the importation license of Atlantic Pharmaceutical Company Limited. This decision came after the presidential...

Presidential Task Force Recommends Immediate Sacking of Head of Medicines Control

By Nelson Manneh The presidential task force on the Acute Kidney Injuries (AKI), has recommended for immediate dismissal of the Executive and Deputy Executive Director...

Senegal/Gambia meet Darsilami villagers over Tranquil border crisis

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambian authorities and a Senegalese diplomatic representative to Gambia on Sunday held peace talks with residents of Darsilami community in a...

Gambian Police Arrest Alkalo of Tranquil

By Mustapha Jallow Paramilitary personnel have arrested a man in Tranquil, who the Senegalese military said is the Alkalo of the area. The disputed Alkalo is...

“Phase One of Senegambia Bridge Costs UA67.36 Million” -African Development Bank

By: Kebba AF Touray The  African Development Bank dubbed AfDB says the total cost of construction of phase 1 of the Senegambia Bridge formerly called...

Semlex contract comes to an end

By Sariba Manneh The controversial Semlex deal for the production of biometric national identity cards should in fact end today, 19th July, 2023. This was...

 Ex-PS Buba Sanyang Appears in Court

By Mariama Marong Buba Sanyang, an erstwhile Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Lands Tuesday, 18 July 2023 appeared before a high...

GPPA Refers To BCC As Non-Compliant Institution On Procurement

For Years Under Review By Makutu Manneh The Gambia Public Procurement Authority’s compliance review for the years 2019 and 2020 has found Banjul City Council (BBC)...

Lawmakers to Pay Over One Million Dalasi for Vehicles – Upper...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly Member for Upper Saloum, Hon. Alhagie Mbowe, said each National Assembly Member will pay a total of one...

MCA Appoints ‘Quntrol’ Lab to Test Imported Pharmaceutical Products 

By Nelson Manneh The spokesperson of the Pharmaceutical Association of The Gambia, Ma Hawa Njie, yesterday disclosed to Foroyaa that the Medical Control Agency (MCA)...