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At Gambian Border, Women Abandon Rice Fields Amid Military Presence

By Nelson Manneh For eight years, the women of Bwiam and its surrounding villages have left their rice fields untended. The fields, known locally as...

Pre-Selection of Workers to Spain Starts, Hundreds of Youth Desperate to...

By Assan Bah Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between The Republic of the Gambia and the Kingdom of Spain on the...

Magistrates’ Courts Not Sitting

By Louise Jobe Magistrates' Courts in the Gambia have not been sitting this week due to security concerns. The Inspector General of Police decided to...

Apex Body promises cash to end the halt in Groundnut Buying 

By Lamin Fatty  The coordinator and liaison of the Federation of Cooperatives assured Foroyaa that cash will be available today to enable Seccos to purchase...

Gnut trade slows down amid reconciliation of purchases

By Lamin Fatty & Assan Bah The trade season in rural Gambia has slowed down amid challenges of farmers cashing out their payments and credit...

Gambia’s major hospitals in crisis

amid limited supply of essential medicines By Amadou Manjang On the evening of November 15, 2024, Isatou walked into Serekunda General Hospital seeking medical attention for...

Federation Coordinator Says ‘Qmoney’ is the Safest Process to Pay Farmers

By Assan Bah Since its introduction into the groundnut trade season in 2021, ‘Qmoney’ has been used to replace credit buying of farmers’ groundnuts across...

Leadership Dispute Undermines Purchase of Nuts at Mamud Fanna ‘Secco’

By Assan Bah  A leadership crisis has emerged at the Mamud Fanna Secco in CRR South, with two individuals, Alagie Samba Mbye and Sarra Nyass,...

No Cash At Seccos to Commence Groundnut Trade Season in NBR

By Kebba Secka Farmers in Lower Saloum, Upper Saloum and some parts of Ngayen Sanjal in the North Bank Region on Friday, 13 December expressed...

Sukuta-Salagi Protest Persists Amid Police Intervention

By Madiba Singhateh The ongoing tensions surrounding Sukuta-Salagi Forest took a new turn on Saturday as community members and environmentalists defied police intervention to address...

Gambia Owes over D1 Billion to Senelec, Karpower

By Kebba AF Touray Gambia’s Energy Minister Nani Juwara, has said the country owes over US$24 Million (approximately One Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty-Two Million...

Farmers Union Demands Investigation into Intercepted Senegalese Truck Carrying Fertiliser 

By Lamin Fatty  The National Farmers Union has condemned the attempted fertiliser smuggling incident and demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.  Foroyaa published the alleged...

Intelligence Operatives Impound Senegalese Truck Loaded with Fertilizer

By Lamin Fatty  Gambian security forces at the Yorobawol checkpoint in the Wulli West District on Friday, 29 November 2024 intercepted and impounded a Senegalese...

Gambia ranked among highest in total imports from Ecowas countries 

By Mustapha Jallow Essa Wally, the president of the Association of Customs, Clearing and Forwarding Agencies (ACCFA) has disclosed that the Gambia is ranked among...

Cries of Poor Groundnut Harvest Dominate President’s First Meeting

By Assan Bah As the President’s 2024 Meet the People’s Tour to get first-hand information from citizens across the country commences in Bantanding Wollof in...

Debt repayment for 2025 is 11 billion dalasi

By Kebba AF Touray The debt to be repaid by The Gambia in the year 2025 is 11 billion dalasi. This is indicated in the...

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...