Gambia gets a new President after 22 years of dictatorship
Serrekunda 19 January 2017 – Adama Barrow, who was declared elected as president by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) after defeating ex-president Yahya Jammeh...
Inaugural address of H.E. Adama Barrow President of The Republic of...
19th January 2017
Fellow Gambians and friends of The Gambia, I am humbled to stand before you to address the whole world on this historic...
“The coalition doesn’t want to assume power looking at dead bodies,...
By Mamadou Dem& Amie Sanneh
Serrekunda, The Gambia 18 January 2017 – Mr. Halifa Sallah spokesperson of the coalition while addressing journalists said, “The...
More Than 3,000 Gambian Refugees In Karang (Senegal)
By Aja Musu Bah Daffeh
More than 3,000 Gambians are currently living in the border town of Karang as refugees. This was revealed to Foroyaa...
Is there any need for declaration of a State of Emergency?
The Gambia went through the toughest election campaign during the past 20 years without any state of emergency being declared. At a time when...
HOW MANY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS VOTED FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
HOW MANY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS VOTED FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY?
According to the Constitution two thirds of the National Assembly members...
Gambian President Jammeh Declares A State of Public Emergency
By Suwaibou Touray
Gambia’s president Jammeh has said he has decided to declare a state of public emergency throughout the length and breadth of the...
CAPT. BUBACARR BAH ARRESTED BY REPUBLICAN GUARDS
By Mustapha Jallow
Captain Bubacarr Bah, alias ‘Vandam’, who is the second in command at the Republican Guard Battalion and an explosive expert, was arrested...
CAPT. DEMBA BALDEH ARRESTED
By Aja Musu Bah Daffeh
Captain Demba Baldeh of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) was arrested at his home in Farato village by three soldiers...
15 Judges’ Contracts Renewed
By Mamadou Dem
Landing Sanneh, the Judicial Secretary, yesterday, 17 January 2017 confirmed to this paper at the high court complex in Banjul the...
Political Crisis Affects Business
By Nelson Manneh
The political crisis in the country is affecting businesses in the Kanifing Municipality. This reporter, yesterday, 17 January, 2017 visited the...
POLITICAL IMPASSE IMPACTS ON WEEKLY MARKETS
Abdoulai G. Dibba
The Political impasse in the Gambia, which is a result of the outgoing president’s rejection of the election result of December 1,...
Ngugi Harps on Importance of African Languages
By Aja Musu Bah Daffeh
Mboka Festival, in collaboration with Global Hands and De Montfort University Leicester, concluded a two day program on the 14th January, 2017...
WANEP SAYS PRESIDENT JAMMEH SHOULD STEP DOWN
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding has called on President Jammeh in a letter to respect the verdict of the people by stepping down...
Paralysis of the Ministries
By Yankuba Jallow
The day for end term of presidency for the incumbent is drawing near as the clock is ticking and some of his...
Why is Jammeh Still Insisting? asks Abbas Bangura
By Nelson Manneh
Abbas Bangura, a native of Tabakoto, on 16 January, 2017 walked into Foroyaa’s office to raise his concern on the rejection of...
What Has Been Happening Since December 9
By Yankuba Jallow
For the first time in the history of The Gambia a change of government through the ballot box happened on December 1,...
The Gambia: Time to respect the will of Gambians
Global civil society alliance CIVICUS urges Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to respect constitutional norms and the will of the Gambian people. As the 19...
Saayii Tolof – Part 232 – EPISODE 18 (Difficult Marriages –...
Buge informally took her daughter to her husband without the paternal aunts’ knowledge whose traditional role is to do just that.
“I’ll not inform your...
Banjul streets are very empty and quiet
By MUHAMMED S. BAH
Banjul 19 January 2017 – Banjul the capital city of The Gambia as at now is very quiet with no movement...
