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Court Quashes Murder Conviction and Death Sentence in Landmark Ruling

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction and death sentence of Mariama Conteh, who had been found guilty of...

Gambia’s Court of Appeal Split in Vista Bank 

By Yankuba Jallow  A high-stakes corporate dispute has divided the Gambia Court of Appeal, with justices delivering sharply contrasting opinions on whether court documents were...

Gambian Youths Confront Senegalese Soldiers Over Border Trade

By Louise Jobe & Mustapha Jallow Tensions flared along the Gambian-Senegalese border recently as Gambian youths confront Senegalese soldiers over the transportation of goods into...

Justice Akinbiyi Adjourns Rongo’s Case Amid Dispute Over New Evidence

By Nelson Manneh Justice Sonia Akinbiyi of the Banjul High Court Annex on Monday, 17 February 2025adjourned the case of Momodou L. Jarju, commonly known...

Hundreds at Risk of Statelessness in The Gambia – Report

By Amadou Manjang Nearly 600 people in Ghana Town, a community in Brufut, are facing the risk of being stateless, according to an assessment report...

Inside a Controversial Network Marketing Empire: Promises of Wealth, Stories of...

By Yankuba Jallow In a virtual conference room packed with eager listeners, a man named Prince recounted his improbable rise from a struggling plumber in...

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...

Military Officer Testifies in High-Profile Money Laundering and Drug Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh A Gambian military officer testified on Monday in the ongoing trial of Paulo Djabi, his wife Nadine Ismael de Gouveira Pereira, and...

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...

Police Charge Former GRA Staff Over Alleged Financial Fraud of 19...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)  The Gambian Police have charged Fatou Secka, a former employee of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), with five criminal offenses related...

Court Issues Bench Warrant for Bemba Drammeh’s Arrest

 By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A magistrate has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Bemba Drammeh, following his failure to appear in court after...

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...