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Rongo Wins Ruling Against Alkalo of Banjulunding & Others

By Nelson Manneh Momodou Lamin Jarju, renowned as Rongo, Thursday, 16 January 2025 won a ruling against Momodou Lungs Jarju, the Alkalo of Banjulunding. The ruling...

GPF Submits Report on Unburned Prohibited Drugs for Legal Action

By Nelson Manneh The Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Police Force, Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo, on Wednesday, 22 January 2025 informed 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...

Journalist Pa Modou Bojang Wins D15 Million Lawsuit for Unlawful Detention

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Banjul High Court has awarded Fifteen Million Dalasi (D15,000,000) in favour of journalist Pa Modou Bojang for being illegally detained. Justice...

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...

Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging Criminalisation of Female Circumcision

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)The five panel of judges of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow has given time for people...

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...

Expelled Touma Njai wins case against PPP

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Fatoumatta Njai alias Touma Njai has won a landmark case against her political party (PPP) as the court held that the...

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...

Defence Lawyer Continues Questioning Narcotic Officer in Paulo Djabi’s Cocaine Trial

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Senior Lawyer Sheriff Marie Tambadou continued with his questioning of Lamin Y.K. Sanneh, a narcotic officer working with the National Drug...

Ousainou Bojang Opens Defence in Police Shooting Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Ousainou Bojang, a resident of Brufut accused of murdering two (2) policemen in September 2023 on Tuesday, 19 November 2023 testified...

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...