Brikama Area Council Promises to Improve Brikama Market Conditions by 2025
By Asan Bah
Foroyaa recently visited Brikama market in the West Coast Region of the Gambia and saw scores of customers and vendors buying and...
Private Schools Outperform Public Schools in 2024 GABECE
By Ndey Sowe / Nelson Manneh
Results of the 2024 Gambia Basic Education Certificate Examination (GABECE) announced on 4 October 2024 by MoBSE have shown an...
Drivers complain about Sukuta-Serekunda road marked by potholes
By Amadou Manjang
Drivers plying between Sukuta and Serekunda have raised concern over the deplorable condition of the road.
The road is marked by potholes forcing...
Villagers of Sutukoba Embark on Massive Cleansing Exercise
By Kebba AF Touray
The Community of Sutukoba in the Wuli East District of the Upper River Region has embarked on a massive cleansing exercise...
SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICINAL DRUGS
It is one thing to withdraw certain medicaments from circulation and another to prevent their sale by unlawful means. Foroyaa has received a press...
Talib Wanted to “Cover Up” Bribery Allegations against Deputy Mayor, Says...
Babucarr Sanyang, the assistant rates manager at the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has said that Mayor Talib Bensouda tried to “cover up” Deputy Mayor...
Exim Bank $22.5M Water Project in Limbo
By Mamadou Dem & Assan Bah
The Export-Import Bank of India USD22,500,000 (Twenty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) Nawec Water Project is in limbo.
The Project...
2 Staff Request D55 Million as Compensation from UTG for Defamation...
By Yankuba Jallow
Dr Alieu Gibba and Professor Matarr Saine, both employees of the University of The Gambia (UTG), have asked the UTG to withdraw...
USET Staff Protest Non-Payment of Income Tax, Salaries of Contracted Lecturers,...
By Ndey Sowe
Staff of the University of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology (USET), are grappling with financial liabilities that have left them feeling financially...
KMC’s Market Manager Admits Instructing Municipal Police to Deposit Monies in...
By Makutu Manneh & Aji Fatou Ceesay
In the ongoing testimony of more witnesses from the Kanifing Municipal Council at the Local Government Commission of...
Commission Continues to Hear from KMC Market Mistresses
By Makutu Manneh & Aji Fatou Ceesay
Two (2) market mistresses from the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) appeared before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry...
Court Frees Man Accused of Stealing 1.3 Million Dalasi
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
Magistrate Muhammed Krubally has released Suwaibou Sonko, who was charged with stealing one million, three hundred and sixty-one thousand, five hundred...
Man Arraigned in Court for Obtaining D600,000 by False Pretense
By Kemeseng Sanneh (kexx)
ASP E. Sarr, representing the Inspector General of Police, arraigned Bully Saho for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence contrary to...
NAATIP Trains 30 Station Officers on Human Trafficking
By Ndey Sowe
The National Agency against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) trained 30 station officers within the Kanifing Municipality on Monday, 30 September 2024, on trafficking...
African Parliament Calls for More Resources to Combat Drug, Substance Abuse
By Kebba AF Touray
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has tasked member states to allocate more resources to combat drug and substance abuse, and its...
3 Gambians die, 11 survive after boat sank off Mediterranean Sea
By Biran Gaye
At least 3 Gambians are reportedly dead and 11 survived after a pirogue sank off the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, reducing the...
Journalist Sheikh Yérim Seck in police custody over his comments disputing...
By Biran Gaye
Sheikh Yérim Seck was taken into police custody on October 1, 2024, following allegations of defamation and spreading false news, according to...
HOW LONG WILL LITIGANTS SUFFER IN FARM LAND DISPUTES?
Many farmers who have dispute over ownership of land suffer a great deal. When a land dispute between two famers end up in a...
PROJECTS NEED EFFECTIVE MONITORING
Without a good infrastructure, development would be a nightmare. Good roads are needed to transport goods, for example farm products from the farm to...
Why Substance Abuse is a Public Health Concern in The Gambia
By Sariba Manneh
Cannabis and Ecstasy are common causes of mental illness in The Gambia and 88% of total patients admitted to the Government-run Tanka...
