Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Burning Issues

Gambia Suspends Flights From Thirteen European Countries

Gambia has on Thursday placed entry restrictions on thirteen European countries amid the Coronavirus pandemic. A press release from State House reads: “Countries affected by...

What does the law say about the postponement of the date...

QUESTION OF THE DAY After the Niamina West seat became vacant due to the sudden demise of Demba Sowe, Foroyaa did quote section 84 which...

Sidia Jatta: Preventive and Curative Measures are requirements in Combating COVID-19

By: Kebba AF Touray Sidia Jatta, the National Assembly Member for Wuli West, has told his fellow lawmakers that preventive and curative measures are fundamental...

Former Workers at Basse-Wuli Bridge apply for permit to demonstrate against...

By Yankuba Jallow Workers at the Basse-Wuli Bridge who had in January applied for permit at the Police to demonstrate what they described as poor...

National Assembly Suspends Sessions Amid coronavirus outbreak

By: Kebba AF Touray The Speaker of the National Assembly Mariama Jack Denton has suspended the first session of the 2020 Legislative sessions of the...

TRRC public hearings suspended till June

By Yankuba Jallow The public hearings of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) have been suspended till the first week of June 2020. The decision...

Have you given your final proposal to the CRC?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Gambians at home and the Diaspora should have by now been able to go through the draft proposal made by the...

Sports In The Gambia Risk Halting As Coronavirus Positive Case Emerges

By Sulayman Bah Sports in the country could be put on pause following news of Gambia experiencing a positive case of the covid-19. The news comes...

Government Suspends Public Gathering & School for 21 Days

By Nelson Manneh President Adama Barrow has yesterday issued a statement suspending all public gathering henceforth. He said: “All schools, including universities, madrassas and daras or...

Gambia Confirms First Case of Coronavirus

Gambian Minister of Health Amadou Samateh has on Tuesday evening confirmed that the Gambia has recorded its first case of coronavirus after a Gambian...

How are Gambians to greet each other in the face of...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Shaking hands and hugging each other are common ways of showing closeness or intimacy in The Gambia. We are now being...

Three Minors Allegedly Caused Fire Outbreak at Bakoteh Dumpsite

By Momodou Jarju & Nelson Manneh Officials of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) have told journalists that the Sunday fire incident at the Bakoteh dumpsite...

Minister of Health says Gambia is yet to register a confirmed...

Makutu Manneh Gambia Minister of Health Amadou Samateh on Sunday said Gambia is yet to register a case of coronavirus. "The Gambia is yet to register...

What should be the reaction of the Gambia Government to the...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Umaru Fofana of the BBC gave the following report in the Programme ”Africa Eye “ : According to Mr Fofana a...

Coronavirus or Not? The Tale of Colley, Sampdoria and a Worried...

Shivers were inevitably sent down the spines of The Gambia –a tiny West African nation with no less than a two million population –when...

Residents Vacate Their Homes as Bakoteh Dumpsite Catches Fire

By Yankuba Jallow Residents living east of the Bakoteh dumpsite were on Sunday forced to vacate their homes after the dumpsite caught fire. People locked their...

Hon Drammeh Says Disputed Land In Jeshwang Is Reserved for Institutional...

By Nelson Manneh Mr Alagie Drammeh the National Assembly member for New Jeshwang Constituency has on Saturday, 14th March 2020 said the garden in dispute...

Gambia Suspends Overseas Travels by Public Officials to Curb Spread of...

State House on Friday said the Government through the Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service has sent out a circular informing public...

What will the Presidents of The Gambia and Senegal discuss today

QUESTION OF THE DAY Gambians would want the two presidents to finally agree on the demarcation of the borders of these two countries once and...

When will the TRRC submit its interim report to the president?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa will reach out to the Commission to find out when it will submit its interim report as stipulated under section...