ICTJ Campaigns for Implementation of TRRC Recommendations
By Sariba Manneh
International Centre for Transitional Justice in partnership with the United Nations Peace Building Fund with its local partners has started a nationwide...
Parliament Adopts Report of Delegation to IPU General Assembly
By: Kebba AF Touray
The National Assembly of the Gambia on Thursday, 11 July 2024, adopted the report of the Gambia National Assembly delegation to...
MRCG Says Maternal Mortality Rates Remain High in Gambia
The Medical Research Council, The Gambia (MRCG), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in a dispatch shared with this medium, indicated that Maternal...
BAC’s Revenue Collector Claims His Daughter Damaged Council’s Cash Book
By Makutu Manneh
Mr. Sulayman Jallow, a Revenue Collector at the Brikama Area Council (BAC) while testifying before the ongoing Local Government Commission of Inquiry...
WoJAG Condemns Attacks on 2 Female Journalists
By Nelson Manneh
The Women Journalist Association of The Gambia WoJAG, on Thursday, 11 July 2024, in a press release raises concerns with the recent...
High Court Dismisses Yankuba Darboe’s Appeal in Sedition Trial
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
The Kanifing High Court on Thursday dismissed Yankuba Darboe's appeal in his sedition trial. The Chairman of Brikama Area Council ((BAC)...
IS THE MINISTER OF TRADE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CEMENT TRADERS TO...
The purpose of trade is to guarantee communities access to affordable prices, but also to generate employment and income to one’s citizen. Foroyaa will...
ECOWAS FACING LEADERSHIP CRISIS
Nigeria because of its size has been seen to be the power house of Ecowas. Community leadership however does not arise from the sizes...
Finance Minister Says Digital Tax Will Not Increase Prices of Essential...
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Seedy Kieta has said the implementation of the digital tax stamp project is not expected to have...
IMF to Disburse US$10.95 Million for the Gambia
By: Kebba AF Touray
The IMF will make a disbursement of about US$10.95 million to the Gambia after the Executive Board has completed its first...
Gambia Declares Poliovirus Outbreak
By Nelson Manneh
The Ministry of Health yesterday wrote to partners informing them that the Gambia has experienced another outbreak of a new strain of...
Steering Committee Meeting of Great Green Wall Initiative Underway in Banjul
By Madiba Singhateh
The Gambia Government through the National Environment Agency is hosting the Steering Committee meeting of the UNEP/GEF Medium Size Project (MSP).
The meeting...
Revenue Collector Claims Termites Ate His Cash Book
By Makutu Manneh
Revenue Collector, Mr Lamin Kurang, a resident of Busumbala and an employee of the Brikama Area Council (BAC) on 10th of July,...
Gambian Farmers Receive 150 bags of fertilisers from A & P...
By Amadou Manjang
Gambian farmers and gardeners, on Wednesday, 10 July 2024, received 150 bags of 50kg NPK compound fertilisers from A & P Group.
The...
CAN ROADS BE PRESERVED WITHOUT PROPER DRAINAGE?
It is very common for roads to start having potholes after few years of construction because of poor drainage facilities. Where drains exist Foroyaa...
MALI, NIGER, BURKINA FASO CREATE NEW CHALLENGES FOR ECOWAS
There has been a trend to move away from the Ecowas of states to Ecowas of the people by ensuring term limits and the...
ECOWAS Parliament Says West African Migrants Send Home over D1 Trillion...
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Research Unit of the Directorate of Parliamentary Affairs and Research of the ECOWAS Parliament has revealed that according to the...
Senegal’s parliament to consider bill seeking to reinstate premiership in internal...
By Biran Gaye
The National Assembly of Senegal is set to consider a bill that seeks to reinstate the post of prime minister in its...
Regional Lawmakers Recognise Gambia’s Constitutional Independence to Establish Special Tribunal
By: Kebba AF Touray
ECOWAS Parliamentarians have said that the Gambia has the constitutional independence to establish a special tribunal to try alleged human rights...
ECOWAS Urges Gambia to Expedite Adoption of New Constitution
The Authority of Heads of States and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States, during its Sixty-Fifth (65th) Ordinary Session on 7th...
