African Parliament Calls for More Resources to Combat Drug, Substance Abuse
By Kebba AF Touray
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has tasked member states to allocate more resources to combat drug and substance abuse, and its...
HOW LONG WILL LITIGANTS SUFFER IN FARM LAND DISPUTES?
Many farmers who have dispute over ownership of land suffer a great deal. When a land dispute between two famers end up in a...
PROJECTS NEED EFFECTIVE MONITORING
Without a good infrastructure, development would be a nightmare. Good roads are needed to transport goods, for example farm products from the farm to...
Why Substance Abuse is a Public Health Concern in The Gambia
By Sariba Manneh
Cannabis and Ecstasy are common causes of mental illness in The Gambia and 88% of total patients admitted to the Government-run Tanka...
“Takku Wallu Senegal” coalition names former President Sall as head
By Biran Gaye
Former President of the Republic, Macky Sall, has been selected as the head of the national list of the “Takku Wallu Senegal”...
Negotiators Urged to Agree on Treaty That Tackles Plastic Pollution
By Nelson Manneh
As representatives of countries’ meeting on Tuesday, 1 October 224 in Nairobi for an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution concluded,...
HOW ARE LADY COUNCILLORS SELECTED?
Foroyaa has been receiving information about selection of lady councillors in many parts of the country. But there is no sign of any document...
THE MEDIA LAWS THAT HAVE TO BE REPEALED
In this editorial, we will deal with the key media laws that are repugnant to democratic dispensation.
In 2002, the Jammeh administration enacted the Media...
Police Charge Voice Newspaper Editor-in-Chief
The Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force, Cadet ASP Modou Musa Sisawo has confirmed to Foroyaa that the Editor-in-Chief of The Voice Newspaper, Musa Sheriff,...
Newspaper Publishers express concern over prosecution of Voice journalists
We the Newspaper Publishers Association are concerned about the fast-developing case of the Publisher and journalist of The Voice, Musa Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe,...
WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT FIX THE PRICE OF GROUNDNUTS
As we enter the month of October, we also enter the period of harvest of groundnuts. How soon will the GGC announce the price...
PRESIDENT BARROW SHOULD FOCUS ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY
The problems of The Gambia are quite serious and the Barrow administration has to give them the attention they deserve. In 2023 imports amounted...
Trust Football Academy Aspires to Make Immediate Return to 2nd Division after...
By Yankuba Jallow
Trust Football Club, founded on 17 December 2020. It participated in the Kanifing Municipal (KM) women third division in the 2021/22 season...
Scores of Gambians including mother of a baby missing at sea
By Biran Gaye
Scores of Gambians including a mother of a 6-month-old baby are reportedly missing and feared dead at sea.
Migrant activists Yahya Sonko and...
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING ABOUT THE ENDLESS NUMBER OF YOUTHS...
Desperate young people, including pregnant women, lactating mothers and their children, continue to make the perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean or Sahara Desert...
THE PRESIDENT RENEGES ON HIS PROMISE
Presdent Adama Barrow, the candidate of Coalition 2016 made a clear commitment in his manifesto that all media related laws that were inimical to...
Police detain Justice Darboe, reporter of The Voice
Justice Darboe of The Voice is currently under police custody charged with false publication and broadcasting. The detention is in relation to a publication...
IMPUNITY IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY SAYS UN SECRETARY GENERAL
The United Nation was established to ensure that the atrocities of war which enraged and outraged the conscience of humankind during the first and...
Former Prime Minister Ba’s recently formed New Responsibility forms coalition with...
By Biran Gaye
The New Responsibility party, led by former Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba, has formed alliance with the Socialist Party (PS) and other...
Speaker Jatta Urges Regional Parliaments to Empower Children
By Kebba AF Touray
Hon Speaker of the National Assembly, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has urged his fellow Speakers of Parliaments to utilize the powers of...
