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IEC CAN LEAVE A LEGACY

Guard Your Independence But Be Tolerant Of Political Party Scrutiny Those who delivered the 2016 results which led to the change of government through the ballot...

Banjul Mayoress Says IEC Gave Her Responsibility To Issue Attestations

By Nelson Manneh  The Mayoress of Banjul City Council Rohey Malick Lowe has said that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gave her the responsibility to...

Organization Urges Gov’t To Act Against Price Hike On Essential Commodities,...

By Nelson Manneh The Organization for Peace and Humanitarian Assistance (OPHA) has on Friday 4th June 2021 called on the Gambia Government to take steps towards...

PAG Points Out Some Hitches At Voter Registration Centers

By Nelson Manneh Peace Ambassadors-The Gambia (PAG) has on Saturday 5th June 2021, pointed out to the press some hitches their observers reported to have...

“There Is Nothing Of Greater Importance To Human Beings Than Knowing...

By Nelson Manneh Adelaide Sosseh, the vice chair of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has recently remarked that there is nothing of greater importance to human beings than...

“Public Utilities Should Be Equally Available To Gambians” Says PURA Director...

By: Kebba AF Touray Mr. Yusupha M Jobe, the Director General of Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has said that the public utilities ought to...

NAWEC MD Says 685 Communities Will Access Electricity in 36 Months

By Yankuba Jallow Nani Juwara, the managing director of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) on Saturday, 6th June said they are targeting over six...

Youths in Banjul Call for IEC Revocation of Mayor’s Attestation Mandate

Youths in Banjul have called for the IEC to revoke its decision to authorise the Mayoress of Banjul to the citizenship of Banjulians. On...

Gambians Say Covid-19 Restrictions have impacted on their Right to Movement

By: Kebba AF Touray Scores of Gambians, especially women vendors, within the Greater Banjul Area, have decried that the Covid-19 restrictions impacting negatively on their...

Why Should A Person Be Registered In Banjul Without A Street...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Banjul is a city with street names and compound numbers. A voter’s card was brought to the notice of Foroyaa with...

Independence Should Not Be Equated With Impunity

The IEC should review the registration process and give due respect to registration monitoring agents of the political parties. The threat issued by the IEC...

Women Journalists During the Dictatorship:

‘Justice Is All We Ask For’ By Kebba Jefang Murdered, tortured, disappeared without a trace, incarcerated and sent on exile, Gambian journalists including women victims are...

Stakeholders Caution Fisheries Ministry on Change of Date for Night Fishing

By Hatab Nyang The association of fishermen from Barra to Kartong, have cautioned the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters over the...

Health Ministry to Prioritize Second COVID-19 Dose Vaccine to First Takers

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health has informed that the first takers of the COVID-19 vaccine will be given priority to take the second...

VP Touray Points Out Gender Gaps in Extractive Industry

By Foroyaa Reporter Gambian Vice President Dr Isatou Touray recently returned from Senegal where she attended the Africa Platform for Women Empowerment and where she...

GRA Urges Commercial Vehicle Owners to Pay their Taxes

By: Kebba AF Touray A press release from the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday 31st May 2021, urges all commercial vehicle owners and drivers to...

Two Final Year Female Students at Gambia College Seek Financial Assistance...

By Nelson Manneh Two final year female students of the Gambia College are seeking financial assistance in order to pay for their tuition fees at...

IEC Chairperson Encourages Gambians to Register

In a press release dated the 29th May 2021, the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Alieu Momarr Njai, urges eligible Gambians to...

IEC Warns Party Agents Against Interference in Voter Registration Exercise

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), has issued a press release dated 31st May 2021 warning party agents against interference during the voter registration exercise,...

Impact of Covid-19 on Gambia’s Legal Aid Agency

By Yankuba Jallow The battering of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of Gambians has not gone unnoticed. The negative impact of the...