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A drop in the ocean: exposing the will to sell Gambian...

A Gambian Immigration officer expresses will to sell a Gambian passport to a ‘Guinean national’ By Amadou Manjang It was late evening at the Serekunda Police...

November 11 Victim Families Demand Return of Loved Ones’ Remains

By Assan Bah On the 30th anniversary of the tragic November 11, 1994 incident, families of those who lost their lives in the alleged foiled...

 Task force to work with special prosecutor’s office on cases of...

By Mustapha Jallow  Isatou Jammeh, widely known as "Aisha Jammeh", the co-founder and programme officer for the country’s Victims Center, has explained to this medium...

No Plans to Degazette Salagi Forest, Says Environment Minister 

Amid Controversy over Temporary Permit By Madiba Singhateh Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Rohey John Manjang, clarified on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, that...

Police Still Investigating Electrocution Incident in Kerr Gallo 

By Assan Bah The Gambia Police Force (GPF) is still investigating an apparent case of electrocution that happened in Kerr Galo, Lower Niumi District in...

Unfinished Business: The Reality Behind the Niumi-Hakalang Road Delay

By Assan Bah In September 2020, the Gambian government laid the foundation stone for the construction of the 86-kilometre Niumi – Hakalang road, aimed at...

Some OIC Road Project Victims Yet to Be Compensated

By Assan Bah    The Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure has told this medium that not everyone who was affected by the OIC roads project...

Gambian migrants in despair, 1 injured in violent confrontation in Niger

By Biran Gaye Scores of Gambian migrants are reportedly in distress as they languish in the Sahel country of Niger, with Baba Secka critically injured...

Police Charge Voice Newspaper Editor-in-Chief

The Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force, Cadet ASP Modou Musa Sisawo has confirmed to Foroyaa that the Editor-in-Chief of The Voice Newspaper, Musa Sheriff,...

Newspaper Publishers express concern over prosecution of Voice journalists

We the Newspaper Publishers Association are concerned about the fast-developing case of the Publisher and journalist of The Voice, Musa Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe,...

Scores of Gambians including mother of a baby missing at sea

By Biran Gaye Scores of Gambians including a mother of a 6-month-old baby are reportedly missing and feared dead at sea. Migrant activists Yahya Sonko and...

Police detain Justice Darboe, reporter of The Voice

Justice Darboe of The Voice is currently under police custody charged with false publication and broadcasting. The detention is in relation to a publication...

Tidal Floods Destroy Sutukoba Rice Fields

By Kebba AF Touray Information received by Foroyaa on Friday, 20 September 2024 indicate that tidal flooding caused by recent heavy downpours, have destroyed rice...

NAWEC to Receive Electricity Supply from Guinea through OMVG

By Makutu Manneh After meeting with President Adama Barrow, Elhadji Lansana Fofana, the High Commissioner of the Organisation for the Development of the Gambia River...

Gambia Owes Senelec over D100 Million

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Petroleum Minister, Nani Juwara has said that the Gambia currently owes Senelec CFA10 Billion (approximately One Hundred and Twenty...

Senegalo-Gambian Secretariat Tasked to Monitor Border Demarcation

By Kebba AF Touray Vice President Muhammad BS Jallow has said that the Senegalo-Gambian Secretariat has been tasked to monitor the border demarcation between Gambia...

Migrant boat capsizes off Libyan Coast

By Biran Gaye A migrant boat has capsized off the coast of Qazahiyah, Libya, with the Libyan Marine Unit rescuing a dozen of migrants. According to...

Gam Petroleum Operating Without License, Says General Manager 

By Kebba AF Touray Mr. Yero Jallow, the General Manager (GM) of Gam Petroleum, said his institution has since its inception been operating without a...

14 Gambian migrants languishing in Morocco detention centre

By Biran Gaye At least 14 Gambian migrants have been detained in Morocco following the interception of their boat in the Tunisian sea almost a...

Gambian migrants’ boat in distress in Tunisian sea

By Biran Gaye A migrant boat carrying 44 Gambians is reportedly in distress in the Tunisian sea caused by an engine breakdown. Ebrima Drammeh, a migration...