Politics

By Louise Jobe  Mr. Sheriff Sonko, the UDP candidate for West Coast Region’s Chairpersonship Elections, said he blames the Alkalos for the Land dispute within...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Every candidate is entitled to appoint two polling agents to monitor polling at the polling station assigned to them. These polling...

By: Kebba AF Touray  The Leader of the APRC, Mr. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, is of the view that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), has seriously...

By: Ndey Sowe The incumbent Mayor and Independent candidate for the Banjul City Council Mayoral elections, Mr. Abdoulie Bah, has called on his fellow candidates...

By Yankuba Jallow The Independent Electoral Commission has accepted the withdrawal of Alpha Ousman Jallow, a nominated Independent Candidate for Chairperson for the Brikima Area...

The Urgency to Convene First Meeting Of The Councils   Section 9 A of the Local Government Act states: “           (1) A Local Government Council shall stand dissolved ninety...

By Nelson Manneh Seedy Njie, the APRC Spokesperson said their candidate for Basse Area Council Chairpersonship, Pa Amadou Susso, whose candidature was rejected by the...

By: Fatoumatta K. Jallow Bakary Badjie, the Independent Candidate vying for the Mayoral seat of the Kanifing Municipality, has told Foroyaa that Council should not...

By: Kebba Mamburay Bubacarr Senghore, another Independent candidate vying for the Mayoral seat of the Kanifing Municipality, said he is a social worker and has...

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL As from this edition Foroyaa will be publishing the campaign of candidates for the forthcoming mayoral and chairperson elections under this...

The mayoral candidates in the Kanifing Municipality engaged in their first ever debate at the Friendship Hotel last night. Five of the ten candidates,...

By Fatoumatta K Jallow  The ‘Lady Councillors’ (representatives in the National Women’s Council) in the Niani and Sami constituencies respectively, whose election to the Council...

QUESTION OF THE DAY Crisis As Women’s Council Become Politicised Section 57 of the Women’s Act establishes the Women’s Council as an association acting in the...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Independent Electoral Commission has announced the rejection of the candidature of Pa Amadou Susso of the APRC and the withdrawal...

Samba Baldeh, Secretary General of the Gambia Democratic Congress party (GDC), said he has not filed any objection to any Returning Officer, but rather...

ADMIN. AREA/COUNCIL APRC GMC GPDP GDC UDP PDOIS NRP NCP PPP IND. TOTAL BANJUL 1 NIL NIL 1 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL 6 9 KANIFING 1 NIL NIL 1 1 1 NIL NIL NIL 6 10 BRIKAMA 1 NIL NIL 1 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL 2 5 KEREWAN NIL NIL NIL 1 1 1 1 NIL NIL   4 MANSAKONKO NIL NIL NIL 1 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 2 JANJANBUREH NIL NIL NIL 1 1 1 1 NIL NIL NIL 4 KUNTAUR NIL NIL NIL 1 1 NIL 1 NIL NIL NIL 3 BASSE NIL NIL NIL 1 1 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL 3 TOTAL 3 NIL NIL 8 8 4 3 NIL NIL 14 40

NO NAME COUNCIL PARTY 1 PATEH N.BALDEH BASSE AREA COUNCIL GDC 2 ANSU TS SONKO BASSE AREA COUNCIL PDOIS 3 FODAY DANJO BASSE AREA COUNCIL UDP

NO NAME COUNCIL PARTY 1 SAIHOU JAWARA KUNTAUR AREA COUNCIL GDC 2 MUSTAPHA F.M. JOBE KUNTAUR AREA COUNCIL NRP 3 AUSSAINOU JOBARTEH KUNTAUR AREA COUNCIL UDP

NO NAME COUNCIL PARTY 1 MALANG SAIBO CAMARA JANJANBUREH AREA COUNCIL GDC 2. ALAGIE A.S. BOYE JANJANBUREH AREA COUNCIL NRP 3 IBRAHIM JANKO SANNEH JANJANBUREH AREA COUNCIL UDP 4 ALHAGIE SAMBA MBYE JANJANBUREH AREA COUNCIL PDOIS

NO NAME COUNCIL PARTY 1 PHODAY LANG SARR MANSAKONKO AREA COUNCIL GDC 2. LANDING SANNEH MANSAKONKO AREA COUNCIL UDP