Gambia: Aki Case - MCA Director Admits Deadly Children's Drugs Were Unregistered

During a tense cross-examination on July 3, 2025, Acting Director of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA), Ensa Marena, admitted before the Banjul High Court that several drugs… Read more »

Gambia: Filthy, Stagnant Water in Greater Banjul Markets Raises Food Safety Concerns

As the rainy season settles over the Greater Banjul Area, many local markets are grappling with the unwelcome reality of dirty, stagnant water. This situation not only transforms… Read more »

Gambia: I Was Promised a Whiteman, iPhone 15 - - Instead Forced Into Prostitution

A victim of human trafficking and sexual exploitation known as Diamond testified on Thursday, 2nd July 2025, before Justice Sidi Jobarteh at the Banjul High Court that she was… Read more »

Gambia: Sharbel Elhajj Denies Fraud in D15 Million BCC Land Deal

A Lebanese-Gambian businessman who made D15 million from the sale of a Banjul City Council (BCC) property admitted on Wednesday that he paid no more than D2 million for the land… Read more »

Gambia: Rental Law Fails to Protect Gambian Tenants From Exploitative Practices

In The Gambia, the relationship between tenants and property owners is regulated by law. The Rent Act was amended in 2024 to improve on the provisions of the law, which was passed… Read more »

Gambia: Justice Jobarteh Sentences Bubacar Jallow to Life Imprisonment for Murder

On Thursday, July 3, 2025, Justice Sidi Jobarteh sentenced Bubacar Jallow to life imprisonment after convicting him of murdering Mamadou Salieu Jallow. The verdict came after a… Read more »

Gambia: Mayor's Attestation Lawsuit Cost BCC D795,000

The disputed payment of D795,000 in legal fees by the Banjul City Council (BCC) in a case involving the personal actions of the city's mayor was raised during the testimony of… Read more »

Gambia: Parliament Adopts Report to Address Transhumance Activities

The National Assembly of The Gambia on Thursday, 3rd July 2025, unanimously adopted a comprehensive report from the Environment Committee aimed at tackling the persistent and… Read more »

Gambia: FPAC Demands Accountability Over D1.27 Billion in Payments

The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly has recommended that the Accountant General be sanctioned should he fail to provide supporting documents… Read more »

Gambia: Rural Gambians Defy Ban, Burn Charcoal for Survival

Despite a longstanding government ban on charcoal production, many rural communities in The Gambia, especially in the Central River Region (CRR), continue to engage in large-scale… Read more »

Gambia: Bread and Breakfast

In the past, a poor person's breakfast used to be rice pudding with milk. Today that is no longer the case. A small tin of milk is D35, a cup of sugar is D15 and a cup of rice is… Read more »

Gambia: What Should Be the Aftermath of Bora Colley's Death Thr0ugh Lapses?

Foroyaa strongly recommends, the ministry of the interior and the prison department to invite the Gambia Redcross Society, along with the prison visiting committees for all the… Read more »

Gambia: Three Media Houses Present Videos in Police Shooting Trial

Three media houses--QTV Gambia, Kerr Fatou, and The Fatu Network--have presented video footage before the High Court in the ongoing trial involving Ousainou and Amie Bojang,… Read more »

Gambia: Former Banjul CEO Admits Making Unauthorised Payments to Ex-Banjul Deputy Mayor

Mustapha Batchilly, former Chief Executive Officer of Banjul City Council (BCC), appeared before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry on July 1, 2025, and admitted… Read more »

Gambia: Farmers Union Welcomes Reduced Fertilizer Price

The Gambia Farmers Union has welcomed the government's announcement of a new fertilizer price for the 2025 farming season, describing it as a positive step for the country's… Read more »

Africa: WHO Updates Pneumonia Vaccine Policy to Reach More Children

A press release from the Medical Research Council-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, stated that the World… Read more »

Gambia: NRA and the Unclogging of Drains in the Kanifing Municipality

Newspapers are given a mandate under the 1997 Constitution, which states in section 207, subsection (3) that: Read more »

Gambia: Health Committee Chairperson Introduces Bill to Expedite Medicine Registration Process

The Chairperson of the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Hon. Amadou Camara, yesterday Thursday 26th June 2025, introduced the Bill entitled 'Medicine and Related… Read more »