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    Gambia’s Net Borrowing Stands at D41 Billion

    By Kebba AF Touray Seedy Keita, the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, said the Gambia Government’s net borrowing stands at Forty-One Billion Dalasi. Net borrowing...

    43 Gambians survive, others die in shipwreck off Mauritania 

    By Biran Gaye  At least 43 Gambians have survived and 15 died including a pregnant woman in the shipwreck off Mauritania on Monday. Ndumbeh Saho, Director...

    Protestors demand withdrawal of salary bills for NAMs, Judicial Officers  

    By Assan Bah The ‘Concerned Citizens Movement have’ during a peaceful protest on Monday at the National Assembly in Banjul, called for the withdrawal of...

    Police Investigating Shooting Incident at Wellingara LBS

    By Nelson Manneh The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force yesterday informed this medium that the police are currently investigating a shooting incident...

    Police Continue to Arrest More Villagers in Ngain Sanjal

    By Louise Jobe  Agents of the Gambia Police Force (GPF) have continued to arrest more individuals involved in the reported attack on Ngain Sanjal Police Station,...

    Uncovered, unfinished gutters pose dangers to residents, road users 

    By Assan Bah, Amadou Manjang Residents of the Greater Banjul Area and the West Coast Region (WCR) have expressed their dissatisfaction with the unfinished roads...

    Global Forum Engages Communities Practising ‘Traditional Slavery’ in Gambia

    By Nelson Manneh  Officials of the Global Forum who came to attend the 77th Non-Governmental Organization meeting in the Gambia visited some communities that still practise...

    Police Command Meet Brikama Area Council Amid ‘Operation Clear the Roads’...

    By Louise Jobe & Hatab Nyang A police delegation headed by Commissioners Famara Jallow and Pateh Jallow met the leadership of the Brikama Area Council...

    Buyers Decry High Cost of Livestock Despite Tax Waiver

    By Amadou Manjang & Assan Bah Many buyers who spoke to Foroyaa ahead of the 2024 Tobaski feast have said the cost of livestock is...

    Government Revokes All Land Allocations in Kamalo Industrial Area

    By Yankuba Jallow The Minister of Lands, Hamat N.K. Bah, has disclosed that his Ministry has accepted 100% of all the recommendations of the task...

    Unresolved Land Dispute Requires Immediate Intervention of Authorities

    By Louise Jobe  An unresolved land dispute between villagers of Suluko and SareJama in the Jarra Central District of the Lower River Region (LRR) requires...

    Aisha Fatty’s Criminal Trial in Senegal Adjourned Till Friday

    By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Criminal trial against Aisha Fatty at the high court in Senegal proceeded on Friday, 31st May and has been adjourned till...

    Court Remands 72-Year-Old for Allegedly Raping 8-Year-Old Girl

    By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Bakary Saidyba, a 72-year-old man was on Tuesday arraigned before the Kanifing Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping an 8-year-old. CIP Inne Jallow...

    Cement Importers, Cement Manufacturers Contradict Each Other on Duty Increment

    By Assan Bah and Amadou Manjang The Cement Importers and Traders Association (CITA) on one side and Jah Oil, Salam and GACEM group on the...

    Calls for rejection of pro-FGM bill intensify as more CSOs engage...

    By Momodou Jarju More civil society organisations (CSOs) have joined the call for the rejection of the proposed Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2023 which is aimed...

    Swiss Court Sentences Former Gambian Interior Minister to 20 Years

    By Mustapha Jallow/Amadou Manjang Switzerland’s top Court on Wednesday, 15 May 2024, convicted OusmanSonko, a former interior minister of Gambia under the regime of former...

    Dr Abubacarr Jah Says FGM Cannot be Medicalised

    Gambian consultant urologist and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Abubacrr Jah Wednesday informed lawmakers that Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) cannot be medicalised because doctors are not...

    GPU Welcomes Sentencing of Ousman Sonko Over Torture of Journalists

    (Banjul, 15 May, 2024) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland to a 20-year prison...

    Dr. Daffeh presents evidence to lawmakers showing FGM/C is harmful

    By Momodou Jarju Gambian gynecologist Dr. Babanding Daffeh last Wednesday presented evidence to lawmakers in Banjul showing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is harmful. Dr. Daffeh who...

    Four Die of Kush in three Months

    By Nelson Manneh The Regional Director of Health Services on Thursday, 9 May 2024 disclosed to the press that four people had died as a result...