Gambia: Lawmakers to Pay Over One Million Dalasi for Vehicles - Upper Saloum Nam

The National Assembly Member for Upper Saloum, Hon. Alhagie Mbowe, said each National Assembly Member will pay a total of one million, two hundred and eighty-two thousand Dalasi… Read more »

Gambia: Track Queen Gina Bass Breaks Her Record, Qualify for Two Championships

Track Queen Gina Bass Sunday broke the national record she set at 11:06 after competing in the women's 100m in Switzerland, as she clocked a 11:05 timing at the Swiss race. Read more »

Gambia: MCA Appoints 'Quntrol' Lab to Test Imported Pharmaceutical Products

The spokesperson of the Pharmaceutical Association of The Gambia, Ma Hawa Njie, yesterday disclosed to Foroyaa that the Medical Control Agency (MCA) has appointed 'Quntrol' Private… Read more »

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 »

Gambia: Where Are Drugs to Be Tested to Assure Accessibiity and Affordability?

Those who suffer from illness are interested in the quality and affordability of drugs. There is growing concern that lack of drugs of quality would threaten the lives of patients.… Read more »

Gambia: December 2022 Coup Trial Nears Judgment

The December 2022 alleged coup trial is almost coming to an end as the case has reached its final stage before judgement. Three members of the Gambia Armed Forces and one policeman… Read more »

Gambia: 'No Evidence Death of 16 Children Due to Syrup Intake'

The deputy director of health services has told Foroyaa that there is no evidence to show that the death of sixteen children at Kanifing General Hospital is related to the… Read more »

Gambia: Court Acquits Purported Serial Rapist On 20 Criminal Charges

Justice F. Achibonga of the Banjul High Court has acquitted and discharged Ismaila Ndong, who was standing trial on twenty (20) criminal charges. Read more »

Gambia: Mayor Lowe's Lawyer Cross-Examines Commissioner Oreme

Lawyer Rachel Y. Mendy for Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe has commenced her cross-examination of Oreme E. Joiner of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry. Read more »

Gambia: Abba Sanyang Resign While Permanent Secretaries Redeployed

A press release from State House in Banjul on Wednesday 26th June 2023, disclosed that President Adama Barrow has accepted the resignation of Mr. Sheriff Abba Sanyang, as Minister… Read more »

Gambia: Councillors Urged to Address Challenges Faced By Communities

Alhagie Sering Fye, the Chairperson of the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged Councillors to work towards addressing challenges gripped by their communities and… Read more »

Gambia: Navy Ill Equipped to Maintain Routine Patrol

The National Assembly Select Committee on Environment has reported that the inadequate status of the Navy in maintaining proper routine patrol is one of the major challenges faced… Read more »

Gambia: Representation Is All About Serving

Says Ousman Sillah, Former Banjul NAM Read more »

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 »

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 »

Gambia: Immigration Departments Collects 64 Million Revenue in 2023

The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) Monday, 5 June announced that it has collected Sixty-Four Million Dalasis (D64,000,000) as revenue fees from January to March 2023. Read more »

Gambia: Environment Alliance Calls for Reduction, Re-Cycling of Plastic Waste

The secretary General of the Gambia Environment Alliance, Muhammed Hydara, calls for the reduction, re-use and re-cycling of plastics, as well as the adoption of a circular economy… Read more »

Gambia: Reporters, Editors Trained On Crime, Court Reporting

The Young Journalist Association of the Gambia (YJAG), in partnership with the Gambia Press Union (GPU), has commenced a two-day training for twenty reporters and editors on… Read more »

Gambia: Speaker Urges Parliamentarians to Focus On National Building

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has urged lawmakers to now focus on nation building as the country has just emerged from the last phase of the… Read more »

Gambia: NPP Condemns Attack On Journalists, Encourages Respect for Civil Liberties

The National People's Party (NPP) learned with dismay, the allegations of assault on two journalists who were covering the swearing-in ceremony of elected local officials at the… Read more »

Gambia: A Step in the Right Direction

The statement of the NPP condemning its members for assaulting a journalist is a step in the right direction. There have been incidents in the past when journalists or political… Read more »

Gambia: Local Government Service Commission Demands Office Space

The Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission, while appearing before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, said the commission wants to have its own office… Read more »

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 »

Senegal: Govt Calls for Peace in Senegal

The Gambia Government has issued a press release dated 4 June calling for peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflict in Senegal. Read more »

Gambia: Newly Elected Councillors, Chairperson for Basse Area Council Sworn-in

Mahamadou Ceesay, the newly elected chairperson for Basse Area Council and fourteen elected Councilors, were sworn into office last Friday, 2nd May 2023. The event was held at… Read more »