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Parliamentarians Call for Investigations & Prosecutions Over ‘Rampant’ Government Corruption
By Kebba AF Touray
Lawmakers in The Gambia’s National Assembly erupted in anger Thursday as they debated the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) report...
FPAC Demands Accountability Over D1.27 Billion in Payments
By Kebba AF Touray
The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly has recommended that the Accountant General be sanctioned should he...
AKI Case: MCA Director Admits Deadly Children’s Drugs Were Unregistered
By Mariama Marong
During a tense cross-examination on July 3, 2025, Acting Director of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA), Ensa Marena, admitted before the Banjul...
Over 100 Turtles Found Dead along Gambian Coast Due to Harmful...
By Madiba Singhateh
Over 100 dead turtles have been discovered along the Gambian coastline since the launch of the turtle bycatch reduction program, according to...
Rental Law Fails to Protect Gambian Tenants From Exploitative Practices
By Nelson Manneh
In The Gambia, the relationship between tenants and property owners is regulated by law. The Rent Act was amended in 2024 to...
Mayor’s Attestation Lawsuit Cost BCC D795,000
The disputed payment of D795,000 in legal fees by the Banjul City Council (BCC) in a case involving the personal actions of the city’s...
Filthy, Stagnant Water in Greater Banjul Markets Raises Food Safety Concerns
By Amadou Manjang
As the rainy season settles over the Greater Banjul Area, many local markets are grappling with the unwelcome reality of dirty, stagnant...
Parliament Adopts Report to Address Transhumance Activities
By Kebba AF Touray
The National Assembly of The Gambia on Thursday, 3rd July 2025, unanimously adopted a comprehensive report from the Environment Committee aimed...
I Was Promised a Whiteman, iPhone 15 — Instead Forced Into...
By Mariama Marong
A victim of human trafficking and sexual exploitation known as Diamond testified on Thursday, 2nd July 2025, before Justice Sidi Jobarteh at...
Justice Jobarteh Sentences Bubacar Jallow to Life Imprisonment for Murder
By Mariama Marong
On Thursday, July 3, 2025, Justice Sidi Jobarteh sentenced Bubacar Jallow to life imprisonment after convicting him of murdering Mamadou Salieu Jallow....
Sharbel Elhajj Denies Fraud in D15 Million BCC Land Deal
A Lebanese-Gambian businessman who made D15 million from the sale of a Banjul City Council (BCC) property admitted on Wednesday that he paid no...
Bread Rise Deepens Gambia’s Cost of Living Crisis
By Nelson Manneh
As of July 1st, 2025, the cost of a loaf of bread in The Gambia officially rose from D10 to D12. The...
Court Hears Security Adviser Call Alleged Police Killer a Rebel
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
In the ongoing murder and terrorism trial of Ousainou and Amie Bojang, the court was presented with video footage revealing a...
Second Batch of Gambian Migrant Workers to Spain Set for Interviews...
By Assan Bah
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment announced on Wednesday that interviews and selection for the second batch of 50...
Witness Denies Receiving D100,000 in BCC’s Aloe Vera Project, Claims Forged...
Phabian Ina Grante Sanyang appeared before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry on June 2. The Commission was established to conduct a full and...
Rural Gambians Defy Ban, Burn Charcoal for Survival
By Nelson Manneh
Despite a longstanding government ban on charcoal production, many rural communities in The Gambia, especially in the Central River Region (CRR), continue...
WHAT SHOULD BE THE AFTERMATH OF BORA COLLEY’S DEATH THR0UGH LAPSES?
Foroyaa strongly recommends, the ministry of the interior and the prison department to invite the Gambia Redcross Society, along with the prison visiting committees...
BREAD AND BREAKFAST
In the past, a poor person’s breakfast used to be rice pudding with milk. Today that is no longer the case. A small tin...
Court Adjourns Former Magistrate’s Drug and Corruption Case to October
By Mariama Marong
The trial of former principal magistrate Pa Modou Njie on charges of dealing in prohibited drugs and official corruption has been adjourned...
State Lawyer Seeks Court Order to Compel Industrial Tribunal to Produce...
By Mariama Marong
State Counsel A.A. Wakawa has applied to the Kanifing High Court, seeking an order of mandamus to compel the Registrar of the...
