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...
What Did The IEC Say Regarding The Roles Of Party Agents?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The IEC has issued the following Press Release:
INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Press Release
Following the commencement of the General Registration of Voters on 29th...
Registration Monitoring Agents Should Gather Without Interruption
The registration agents should sit where they could receive all the information regarding the registration of a given claimant.
This is what enables them to...
Inter-Party Committee Inaugurate its New Headquarters
By Mustapha Jallow
Gambia’s Inter-Party Committee (IPC) on Thursday inaugurated its new headquarters at Bijilo along Bertil Harding Highway.
Eighteen (18) registered political parties come together as one body...
Banjul North MP Exhorts Banjulians to Register, Questions Lawfulness of Mayor’s...
By Nelson Manneh
Hon. Ousman Sillah, National Assembly Member for Banjul North Constituency, said the most important exercise for citizens in a nation is elections...
Government Recovers About D121,350 From Illegal Residents Status
By Nelson Manneh
The Spokesperson of the Gambia Immigration Department Superintendent Mamanding Dibba has on Thursday 3rd June 2021 informed this medium that the Gambia government...
Zero Crime Operation Team Arrested 265 People within 47 Days
By Nelson Manneh
The security joint force that was established by the security departments called zero crime operation has arrested two hundred and sixty-five people in...
Twenty-Five New Contacts Of The Indian COVID-19 Variant Traced
By Nelson Manneh
Health Authorities have on Thursday 3rd June 2021 said they have traced Twenty-five new contacts of the Indian variant and they are monitoring...
