April 16
Gambia: Stakeholders Affirm Nutrition Bill Will Empower Women
Officials from the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) and the Office of the Vice President have affirmed to the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Disaster, Humanitarian… Read more »
April 08
West Africa: Gambia Bags Micro Economic, Industry Committees' Chairmanships of Ecowas Parliament
The Republic of the Gambia has been selected to serve as Chairman of the Micro Economic Policy and Economic Research, as well as the Industry and Private Sector Committees of the… Read more »
West Africa: AG Speaker Barau Says - 'We Are Resolute to Uphold Peace and Stability'
The Acting Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hon Barau Jibrin, has said that the representatives of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament, are resolute to uphold peace and… Read more »
April 04
Senegal: Separation of Party and State in Progress in Senegal
During the presidential election in The Gambia, the PDOIS Manifesto called for separation of party and state by declaring that the PDOIS candidate will vacate all party seats once… 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 »
Gambia: Where Does the Power of a Council Start and That of a Governor Stop?
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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 26
Senegal: Senegal's President-Elect Faye Calls for Reconciliation, Peace
Senegal's President-elect has in his first victory speech called for national reconciliation and the reconstruction of the bases of their peaceful co-existence in his first victory… Read more »
Senegal: Senegal Has Decided
The 24th March 2024 presidential election was preceded over by the most eventful developments in the politics of Senegal characterized by a mixture of uncertainty and hope.… Read more »
March 24
Senegal: Senegal's Election Body Assures Transparent Vote
Directorate of Elections has assured voters of a transparent and rig-free presidential election on Sunday. About seven million Senegalese are registered to vote in the country's… Read more »
March 23
Senegal: President Sall's Candidate Ba Pledges Non-Partisanship Presidency
The candidate of President Macky Sall and Benno Book Yakaar has pledged to detach the function of President of the Republic from the position of party leader if elected, marking a… Read more »
March 24
Senegal: 'Election An Opportunity to End Our Miseries'
Voters in Senegal are casting ballots to elect their next president from a congested race of nineteen (19) candidates. Read more »
Gambia: Amadou Ba, Khalifa Sall Call for Peace, Vigilance After Voting
The candidate of the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, Amadou Ba and former Dakar mayor Khalifa Ababacar Sall have called for peace and vigilance while making their declarations after… Read more »
March 18
Gambia: Cabinet Reshuffle and the Purpose
It is a prerogative of the president to appoint and remove the vice president and ministers under sections 70 and 71 of the Constitution respectively. The Constitution however… Read more »
March 16
Gambia: President Barrow Reshuffles His Cabinet
Gambian leader, President Adama Barrow, has on Friday reshuffled his cabinet. See below a press release issued by the office of the Gambia Government Spokesperson, Ebrima G… Read more »
March 12
Senegal: Question of the Day - What Is the Last Hurdle in the Presidential Election in Senegal?
Despite the fact that the constitutional council of Senegal and the president had to rely on assumed prerogatives, to set a date for the Senegalese election to avoid the expiration… Read more »
March 10
Senegal: Battles of Prerogatives in Senegal
Since the postponement of the 2024 presidential election in Senegal, the constitutional council had asked the president to fix a new date by decree. The previous date given was… Read more »
February 22
Senegal: Is Macky Sall Withdrawing His Olive Branch?
After the Constitutional Council declared the Senegalese President Macky Sall's attempt to postpone the presidential election and extend his mandate unconstitutional, he accepted… Read more »
February 18
Gambia: Immigration Department Collects D212 Million in Revenue
Chief Superintendent Karalang Jarju, Officer in Charge of Finance at The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) on Thursday announced that they collected Two Hundred and Twelve… Read more »
Senegal: Is Senegal Heading Towards a Constitutional Crisis?
Speaking to Foroyaa on the subject matter, Halifa Sallah asserted that according to Article 31 of the Constitution of Senegal, the ballot has to take place 45 days at most and 30… Read more »
February 14
Gambia: Survey - Govt Discriminates Against People Based On Ethnic, Economic Status
Many Gambians said the government discriminates against people based on ethnicity and economic status, an Afrobarometer survey reveals. 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 »
October 17, 2023
Gambia: Darsilameh Border Crisis - Authorities Hold Talks With Senegalese Counterparts
The Gambia government through a delegation headed by the defence Minister has on Sunday held talks with its Senegalese counterparts to resolve the on ongoing crisis at the… Read more »