December 21, 2022
Gambia: GWA, GNOC Wraps-up Six-Day Training Course On Olympic Wrestling
The Gambia Wrestling Association (GWA) in collaboration with the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) on Monday wrapped-up a 6-day Level One International Coaching Course on… Read more »
Gambia: Serrekunda East Reach Semi-Finals After Crushing Banjul 2-0 in Zonal Championship
Serrekunda East have booked their place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Super Nawettan (Zonal Championship) after crushing Banjul 2-0 on Monday.… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Gambia: Police Arrest Momodou Sabally
One Alagie Gaye, the driver of Mr Momodou Sabally, has confirmed to Foroyaa that the officers from the Gambia Police Force have arrested Momodou Sabally and is currently in the… Read more »
Gambia: Bakau Military Camp Calm After Alleged Coup Plot
Following the Gambia Government Spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh announcement about the alleged coup plot and the arrest of four suspected soldiers, Bakau/Fajara Military Barracks… Read more »
Gambia: Four Soldiers Arrested for Allegedly Plotting a Coup
Four (4) active soldiers of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) were on Tuesday arrested and detained for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government of President Adama Barrow, which… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Gambia: How Well Is the Groundnut Trade Faring?
When President Barrow announced the farm gate price of groundnut he felt he had made a good offer by increasing the price from D28,000 per tonne to 32,000 dalasi per tonne. But… Read more »
Gambia: President Barrow Presides Over Opening of 13th National Youth Conference, Festival
President Adama Barrow has presided over the opening of the 13th National Youth Conference and Festival (NAYCONF) in Banjul on 15th December 2022, where he urged the youth of the… Read more »
Gambia: Survey Shows High Prevalence of Child Marriage in the Gambia
Surveys conducted by Wassu Gambia Kafo (WGK) in 2021 and 2022, have disclosed a high prevalence rate of child marriage in the Gambia, of about eighty percent (80). Unwanted… Read more »
Gambia: Human Rights Committee Observes Long Detentions Without Trial
The National Assembly Member for Wuli East Constituency Hon. Suwaibou Touray, disclosed to his colleague members that they have observed that the long detention of persons at the… Read more »
Libya: Gambian Migrants Intercepted At Sea, Detained in Tripoli
The Director of Migration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Musa Camara, said more than 100 Gambian migrants were intercepted at sea and are now placed under detention in Tripoli. Read more »
December 18, 2022
Gambia: State Withdraws Charges Against Sainabou Mbye and Co.
The State has on Friday filed a nolle prosequi in the criminal trial of Sainabou Mbye, Cherno Mbye, and Kibily Dambelly in the High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh.… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Gambia: IMF Approves U.S.$27 Million (D1675 Million) for the Gambia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday, 14th December 2022, announced the approval of US$27.41 million disbursement for the Gambia, by the Executive Board of the… Read more »
Gambia: Human Rights Committee Call On Police Not to Inflict Inhumane Treatment On Detainees
The Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly has recommended for the Gambia Police Force (GPF) to desist from inflicting any inhumane and degrading treatment on detainees… Read more »
Gambia: When Will the UNHCR Issue a Statement On the Shooting of Four Persons, Three of Whom Died?
It is being reported in the Gambian and Senegalese media in different ways. Nonetheless the bodies have been interned without any indication that autopsy has been done by either… Read more »
Gambia: No Need to Separate Mayoral and Other Council Elections
The separation of mayoral and other council elections did create an absurd situation that has never been interrogated. Even before the Supreme Court declared section 9A of the… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Gambia: Acting Health Promotion Directo rUpdates On COVID-19 Vaccination
Sanjally Trawally, the new Acting Director of Health Promotion, said an estimated total of 84 thousand school children both in conventional and non-conventional schools, have been… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Gambia: The Lessons of Three Years Jotna and Five Years jotut
The remarks of the President on a recent demonstration need further clarification and elucidation. Read more »
Gambia: Human Rights
"PIU Officers Involved in Faraba Banta Incident Interdicted" Read more »
August 19, 2022
Gambia: Floods and Inundation
Welcome to another edition of the Environment Column and in this edition, we will profile and comment on the unprecedented devastating floods of 30th and 31st July 2022, which… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Gambia: Philanthropist Provides Scan Machine to Reduce Suffering of Antenatal Mothers in Sukuta
Sukuta Health Center had been grappling with a lack of medical equipment for many years. Philanthropist Basiru Barrow, a native of Sukuta, has provided his community with a… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Gambia: Nian Sarang Jobe Narrates How Deyda Was Killed
Nian Sarang Jobe, the former staff of The Point, has narrated before the Court of Celle, Germany, how Deyda Hydara was killed on 16 December 2004 in a trial involving ex-'jungler'… Read more »
Gambia: Court Asks Lamin Mboge to Open Defence in His Criminal Trial
Chief Magistrate Omar Cham of the Banjul Magistrates' Court recently ordered Lamin Mboge, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gam Housing to open his defence in his ongoing… Read more »
Gambia: Not Easy to Escape the Long Arm of Justice Nowadays
It is often said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. When a person becomes drunk with power he/she sees only his/her might and nothing else. Such a person… Read more »
Gambia: KMC Mayor Launches D45 Million Modern Library Project
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), on Thursday, August 18, 2022 laid the foundation stone for construction of a modern library worth D45 million. Read more »
Gambia: Police Get New PRO
Superintendent (Spt) Lamin Njie on Thursday 18th August 2022, confirmed to this Medium that one Cadet Assistant Superintendent Binta Njie of the Gambia Police Force, is the newly… Read more »