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‘Amdallai’ Customs Border Post Manager Says Over D96 Million Collected as...

By: Kebba AF Touray Sulayman Sawaneh, the Customs Manager at the Amdallai Customs Border Post, has informed the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) Board and Management...

German Project to Engage 750 Gambian Students in Irregular Migration

By Mustapha Jallow The ‘Leeral’ Migration, a German based foundation that advocates against irregular migration, has set its plans to engage seven hundred and fifty...

Lawmakers Attach Severe Penalty to Trafficking, Related Matters

By: Kebba AF Touray Gambian Lawmakers on Monday 21st June 2021 attached severe penalty to trafficking through tourism, after amending Section 13 of the Tourism Offences...

Gambia Moves Closer To Accede To Kyoto Convention

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia through the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has moved closer to her accession to the Kyoto Convention of 1974. GRA organized...

Gambia Registers 6 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered six (6) new cases taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the...

President Barrow travels to Saudi Arabia on an official visit

State House, Banjul, 21st June 2021: The public is hereby informed that His Excellency, President Adama Barrow will travel to the Kingdom of Saudi...

Foroyaa Gives Balanced Perspectives

Foroyaa has been giving coverage to divergent views and dissenting opinions. Section 208 of the Constitution states: “All State-owned newspapers, journals, radio and television shall afford...

Is Foroyaa’s Letter To The UDP Presidential Candidate, Ousainou Darboe, And...

QUESTION OF THE DAY One reader supporting the UDP wrote that such a request is questioning the ‘Gambianess’ of Ousainou Darboe and is an insult...

Citizens’ Alliance Leader Calls on IEC to Extend Voter Registration Period

By Yankuba Jallow Dr Ismaila Ceesay, the presidential candidate for the Citizens’ Alliance (CA) party has called on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to extend...

4 Years On: Family of Kanilai Man Killed By ECOMIG Soldiers...

By Mustapha Jallow A herdsman family has on Friday renewed call for justice after the ECOMIG soldiers shot him to death during a peaceful protest...

President Barrow joins West African counterparts at the 59th Ordinary Session...

State House, Banjul, 20th June 2021: H.E President Adama Barrow attended the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and...

NEVER AGAIN: The Manifesto of an Unlikely Candidate (Part One)

By Baba Galleh Jallow It is election year in The Gambia, and yes, as we speak, voter registration is ongoing across the country. Social media...

Association Commemorates International Day of Sickle Cell Disease

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Sickle Cell Association Banjul Chapter has on Friday 19th June 2021 commemorated the International Sickle Cell Day at the Guaranty Trust...

Human Rights Commission Asks IGP To Discipline 2 Policemen For Torturing...

By Yankuba Jallow The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has on the 9th June 2021 written to the Inspector General of Police to take disciplinary proceedings...

IEC Registers 376,092

The Independent Electoral Commission has informed the nation that, after 19 days of registration of voters, 376,092 voters have already been registered. If this trend...

Former NIA DG, Others Accuse Judge of Bias

By Yankuba Jallow Five former officials of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have filed a motion asking the Judge to recuse herself from the case...

Will The Diaspora Participate In The Coming Elections As Voters?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Section 11 of the elections Act provides for the registration of voters to complement section 39 of the Constitution which entitles...

Striving to Curb Malaria: Rotary District Launches Two Fogging Machines

By Nelson Manneh Rotary International and Rotary in District 9101 in their commitment to eliminate malaria for good, in the Gambia, has on Thursday 17th...

GCCI Organize Second Edition of Startup Business Forum

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Agriculture and Employers’ Association in partnership with the Konrad Adenaeur Foundation, organized the...

Project to Promote Female Menstrual Hygiene, Health Launched

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Red Cross Society’s (GRCS) Kanifing Municipality (KM) Branch on Wednesday 15th June 2021, launched the project: “Smile for Hope of...