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ICTJ and Partners Concludes 10-Day Nationwide Caravan Tour in all Five...

The International Center for Transitional Justice in partnership with local youth-led CSOs just concluded a 10-day nationwide caravan tour in the West Coast Region,...

Judge Cautions Inspector General of Police 

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Zainab Jawara-Alami of the Banjul High Court has cautioned the Inspector General of Police on how to conduct arrest to...

Court Frees Two Accused of Killing Man in Mob Justice

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)  Justice Aisatou Jallow-Sey of the Bundung High Court has freed Charles A. Gomez and Abdou Charreh following the prosecution’s failure to...

NAMs Push for Audit on Fisheries Development Fund

By Kebba Touray National Assembly members have called for an audit of the Eighty Million Dalasi (D80,000,000) Fisheries Development Fund. Musa Drammeh, the Minister of Fisheries...

IS FERTILISER BEING SOLD AT D1100 PER BAG?

Before the rainy season started in earnest, the government announced the price of fertiliser as D1100. The ‘seccos’ in many villages are dormant and...

CEMENT IMPORTERS, THE MINISTER AND THE LAW

Equality before the laws is an established principle. Discrimination under the law is defined under as follows: “…. affording different treatment to different persons attributable...

Gambian hopeful Cody Drameh joins Hull City

By Momodou Jarju Gambian hopeful Cody Drameh has signed a three-year contract with English Championship side Hull City from Leeds United with a club option of a...

Season Review: Gambians Await Striker Adama Bojang’s Exploit in Europe

By Momodou Jarju Adama Bojang is tipped to be one of the next big things to come from the Gambia following his exploits in youth...

Parliamentarians Call on Government to do more to Fight Corruption 

By Kebba AF Touray Members of the National Assembly Wednesday called upon the Gambia Government to improve its efforts in fighting corruption. They made the recommendation...

IS FERTILISER ACCESSIBLE TO FARMERS?

Information reaching Foroyaa is that farmers at least in Upper River Region are facing difficulty accessing fertiliser. They need and want to buy the...

SANITATION DISASTER AT THE HEART OF KM

No one should be surprised if serious diseases like cholera break out in the heart of the Kanifing Municipality during the rainy season. The...

Lawmaker urges govt to provide requisite resources to tackle drug-related crimes

By: Kebba AF Touray Member for Upper Saloum, Hon. Alhagie Mbowe, has urged the government to provide requisite resources to the Drug Law Enforcement Agency...

43 Gambians survive, others die in shipwreck off Mauritania 

By Biran Gaye  At least 43 Gambians have survived and 15 died including a pregnant woman in the shipwreck off Mauritania on Monday. Ndumbeh Saho, Director...

Mass Promotion of Teachers Underway at MoBSE

By Nelson Manneh Mr Louie Moses Mendy, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) on Tuesday 23July informed this medium...

Court Gives Alpha Omar Jallow 30 Days to Vacate Rongo’s Premise

By Nelson Manneh Magistrate K.B. Sambou of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 13th June 2024 ordered one Alpha Omar Jallow to vacate the premises...

WHAT IS THE MEDIA COMMISSION EMPOWERED TO DO

The social media has effectively been the source of information for many Gambians because of the time that media houses take in order to...

HOW MANY MORE LIVES WILL BE LOST?

The terrible news that a boat carrying 180 passengers comprising Gambian and Senegalese identities left Berending in The Gambia only to become wrecked before...

Court Orders State to Provide Defence with Information and Readable Receipts...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A High Court in Banjul, The Gambian capital, has ordered the State to provide the defence in the case of former...

WHAT ARE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ATI COMMISSION?

The Commission Members having been constituted will now have to be sworn in so that they can exercise their powers under the Act. The Access...

THE DANGER OF SIGNING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITHOUT THOROUGH SCRUTINY

Sovereign national assets such as sea ports, airports and bridges must be protected from the types of investment that would undermine sovereign control of...