April 15
Gambia: Gambians Express Frustration As All Ferries Shuttling the Banjul-Barra Route Undergo Maintenance
Passengers who used the Banjul - Barra ferry crossing on daily basis have over the weekend express their frustration as authorities at Gambia Ports Authority said they have… Read more »
April 08
Gambia: Farmers Union Extols Govt Over Successful Groundnut Season
The Executive of the Gambia Farmers Union recently paid a courtesy call on the Management of the National Food Security Processing Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC), formerly called… Read more »
March 31
Gambia: Retail Prices of Most Essential Food Commodities Continue to Increase
The average retail prices of most of the essential food commodities continue to increase in the month of March. Read more »
March 28
Gambia: Have Prices Reduced Due to the Efforts of the Ministry of Trade?
As the prices of commodities increase during the Christian Lent then and before the month of Ramadan, the minister of trade took measures to review the stock of commodities in the… Read more »
March 27
Gambia: Energy Minister Says 292 Gambian Communities Will Be Electrified This Year
The minister of petroleum and energy has informed lawmakers recently that over two hundred communities in the country will be electrified by the end of this year through the ECOWAS… Read more »
March 22
Gambia: Brikama Area Councils Spends Over 12 Million Annually On Fuel Purchase
Sulayman Barry, the Principal Internal Auditor of Brikama Area Council (BAC) has Thursday, 21st March 2024 told the Local Government Commission of Inquiry that the Brikama Area… Read more »
March 01
Gambia: The Warning Signals of Gambia Ferry Services
Foroyaa has emphasised when the issue of investment to manage the Senegambia Bridge arose, that The Gambia Ferry Services Limited should have been commissioned to establish a… Read more »
February 18
Gambia: Sabally Apologizes & Abubakary Jawara Accepts
Momodou Sabally, a social and political commentator, who was sued by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GACH for alleged defamatory comments, has apologized to CEO Abubakary… Read more »
February 12
Gambia: Barrow Launches Recovery Focused National Development Plan
A Recovery-Focused National Development Plan has been launched by President Adama Barrow on Friday, 10 February 2024, as a way of encouraging local resource mobilisation. Read more »
Gambia: Government Awards Six Road Construction Contracts to Local Contractors
The Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure (MoTWI), Ebrima Sillah, has said six out of nine ongoing road construction projects have been awarded to local contractors, in… Read more »
Gambia: KMC mayor hands over plots of land to Staff Welfare Association
The Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), Talib Ahmed Bensouda, has recently presided over the official handing over of 175 plots of land to the Council's Staff Welfare… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Gambia: Mile 2 Central Prisons Use Digital Recording, Equipped Clinic Facilities - Interior Ministry
The Ministry of Interior in a press release dated Wednesday, 23 August indicated that State Central Prison, Mile 2 has digital records and well-equipped clinic facilities as part… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Gambia: Commercial Taxi Drivers Abandon Bundung Highway
Commercial taxi drivers that ply the Bundung highway, from Serrekunda to Latrikunda, have recently abandoned the way after the recent heavy downpour which left the road in bad… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Gambia: Budget Execution
The government of the Gambia has suspended foreign travels by public servants in order to cut down on expenditure. However, Foroyaa is not aware of any review made by the minister… Read more »
Gambia: Plantation Nurseries Signs MOU With British High Commissioner
Plantation Nurseries Friday 18th August, 2023 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the British High Commission for the funding of a one-year Community Environmental… Read more »
Gambia: Jabang-Estate Residents Express Dissatisfaction On Level of Ongoing Drainage Work
Despite recently acknowledging the temporary stoppage of flooding at the Jabang-Estate, the community had once again expressed their dissatisfaction with the rate of the ongoing… Read more »
Gambia: Government Approves Banjul Port Expansion And Sanyang Deep Seaport Development
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July 24, 2023
Gambia: 'BAC Ledger Indicates Over D9 Million Spent On Purchase of Fuel'
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July 05, 2023
Gambia: 'Price Hike Not a Home Grown Factor'
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Gambia: IMF Wraps up Discussions On Extended Credit Facility for Gambia
The International Monetary Funds (IMF) has recently wrapped up discussions for the Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement for The Gambia. The Mission in… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Gambia: Pedestrians Without Sidewalks
The KMC was expected to indicate what the new council would do in one hundred days so that the media would monitor their programme. One expected that the primary task would be to… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Gambia: Central Bank and the New Currency
According to section 161 of the Constitution, the Central Bank has the responsibility to issue currency in the country. The Jammeh administration was here for 22 years but left old… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Gambia: FGRA Commissioner General Receives Honorary Award From QCell
The Commissioner General (CG) of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Yankuba Darboe, has been conferred an honorary award by QCell on the occasion of the official launching of the… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Gambia: President Barrow Inaugurates 30 KV Power Line
President Adama Barrow, on Saturday, 6th May launched a 30KV power line covering LaminKoto to Diabugu-Batapa. Read more »
April 25, 2023
Gambia: Registrar of Companies Removed From His Position After He Decline to Register Vista Bank
Registrar of Companies Alieu Jallow has been removed from his position by his superiors at the State Law Office after he declined to execute what he called illegal instructions… Read more »