• Disaster Must Be Avoided

  Apr 15, 2024 | 14:30 pm

  [Foroyaa] Every transport must be road worthy. To drive a transport without brakes is to invite the wrath of unpredictable proportion. In the same vein every ferry must be sea-worthy. To make ferry ply waters without its mechanical system functioning[…]

• GAF, Others Rescue Passengers On Board Kanilai Ferry After They Spent Five Hours At Sea

  Apr 15, 2024 | 14:30 pm

  [Foroyaa] Rescue teams including personnel of the Gambia Armed Forces on Friday 12th April 2024 rescued passengers, who spent five hours on board the Kanilai ferry at sea after the engine of the aforesaid ferry experienced a breakdown.

• Gambians Express Frustration As All Ferries Shuttling the Banjul-Barra Route Undergo Maintenance

  Apr 15, 2024 | 14:29 pm

  [Foroyaa] 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 suspended their ferry service in this seaway.

• With All the Publicity Given in Combating Drugs Like Kush Has a Lab Been Built?

  Apr 9, 2024 | 17:59 pm

  [Foroyaa] Drug abuse and fake drugs are both threats to health and life. Laboratories are necessary to test fake drugs from being used and the rehabilitation of drug abusers must be linked to the testing of substance abuse by drug[…]

• President Barrow Declares Eid Public Holiday

  Apr 9, 2024 | 12:16 pm

  [Foroyaa] The Office of the President informs the public that His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, is pleased to declare Wednesday, 10th, and Thursday, 11th April 2024, as public holidays throughout The Gambia in observance[…]

• Farmers Union Extols Govt Over Successful Groundnut Season

  Apr 9, 2024 | 08:52 am

  [Foroyaa] 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 GGC, to express gratitude to the government for providing them the necessary support[…]

• Gambia Bags Micro Economic, Industry Committees' Chairmanships of Ecowas Parliament

  Apr 9, 2024 | 08:51 am

  [Foroyaa] 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 ECOWAS Parliament.

• Magistrate Remands 10 Defendants in Manduar Forest Saga

  Apr 9, 2024 | 08:51 am

  [Foroyaa] Principal Magistrate Anna O. Mendy of Brikama Magistrate's Court has remanded the Chairperson of the Manduar Village Community Development and nine (9) others. They were detained by personnel of the Brikama Madina Police Post on Sunday, 7 April and[…]

• AG Speaker Barau Says - 'We Are Resolute to Uphold Peace and Stability'

  Apr 9, 2024 | 08:51 am

  [Foroyaa] 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 stability of the people of West Africa.

• Police Impound Over 50 Vehicles

  Apr 4, 2024 | 17:06 pm

  [The Point] Police have impounded over 50 vehicles that failed to comply with motor traffic regulations as well as others identified as not roadworthy.

• Senegalese Customs Seizes 91.84kg Cocaine Worth 7 B CFA

  Apr 4, 2024 | 17:05 pm

  [The Point] The mobile customs brigade of Koumpentoum (est) has seized 91.84 kg of cocaine valued at over 7 billion FCFA francs and arrested two foreign nationals, the Senegalese customs authorities announced on Sunday.

• MOH, Partners Commemorate World TB Day

  Apr 4, 2024 | 17:04 pm

  [The Point] The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organisation and stakeholders recently joined commemorations marking World TB Day at a ceremony held at Farato Health Center, West Coast Region (WCR).

• Hagie Gai Foundation Donates to Physically Challenged

  Apr 2, 2024 | 12:49 pm

  [Foroyaa] The Hagie Gai Drammeh Foundation for the Physically Challenged with support from a philanthropist has on Tuesday, 26th March 2024, donated a total of D 86,000 to forty-three Physically Challenged Persons.

• Retail Prices of Most Essential Food Commodities Continue to Increase

  Apr 1, 2024 | 11:35 am

  [Foroyaa] The average retail prices of most of the essential food commodities continue to increase in the month of March.

• The Gambia May Allow Female Genital Mutilation Again - Another Sign of a Global Trend Eroding Women's Rights

  Apr 1, 2024 | 06:47 am

  [The Conversation Africa] The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) since 2015 is under threat. Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults.

• DLEAG to Prosecute 6 for Possessing Kush & Cannabis

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] Ousman Saidybah, a spokesperson for the Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the Gambia (DLEAG) on Wednesday said six (6) individuals who were currently detained for allegedly possessing kush (deadly substance killing West African young people) and cannabis saliva locally[…]

• Police Arrest Suspects for Attacking Deeper Life School Students

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force said personnel from the Kotu Anti-Crime Unit have arrested suspects accused of attacking students at Deeper Life School.

• Where Does the Power of a Council Start and That of a Governor Stop?

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT SHOULD BE THE GUIDE

• NAATIP Expose Magistrates to Human Trafficking Issues

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] In their unrelenting advocacy to raise awareness and strengthen the capacities of people on issues related to human trafficking, the National Agency Against Trafficking-In Persons (NAATIP) convened a day's session recently for scores of Magistrates from the judiciary. The[…]

• MRC Highlights the Fight Against TB and Its Complications

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] Press Release, MRCG at LSHTM

• Have Prices Reduced Due to the Efforts of the Ministry of Trade?

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] 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 country and the charges emanating from customs and[…]

• Govt in Consultation With NA to Uphold FGM Law

  Mar 29, 2024 | 07:18 am

  [Foroyaa] According to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, the Government of the Gambia has been in consultation with the National Assembly to uphold the law prohibiting the practice of FGM in The Gambia.

• On Sea Level Rise!

  Mar 28, 2024 | 16:25 pm

  [The Point] Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise. Not only is dangerous sea level rise "absolutely guaranteed", but it will keep rising for centuries or millennia even if the world stopped[…]

• 'Police Threatened to Electrocute My Private Part If I Don't Admit'

  Mar 28, 2024 | 16:24 pm

  [The Point] One Omar Mbye, who was charged with stealing, yesterday revealed before Principal Magistrate Sallah-Mbaye of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court that police officers "threatened to electrocute" his private part if he refused to admit allegation of stealing.

• FJC and Rambo's Appointments Do Not Exist in Law - Lawyer Darboe

  Mar 28, 2024 | 16:21 pm

  [The Point] Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the lead-counsel for his party in the case against Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay (FJC) and Ousman Rambo Jatta, has addressed the Supreme Court that their "appointments in[…]

• IGP Deplores Human Trafficking As Second Only to Drug

  Mar 28, 2024 | 16:19 pm

  [The Point] The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) has described human trafficking as a heinous practice that is ranked second only to drug trafficking, affirming that this is a travesty that needs to be addressed and condemned in[…]

• 88 Applicants Vie for Gambia National Team Coach Post

  Mar 28, 2024 | 16:18 pm

  [The Point] Eighty-eight (88) applicants have filed their applications for the vacant Gambia senior national team position, according to news reaching The Point Sports Desk.

• Energy Minister Says 292 Gambian Communities Will Be Electrified This Year

  Mar 28, 2024 | 12:49 pm

  [Foroyaa] 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 Regional Electricity Project.

• Victory Speech of Senegal's President-Elect

  Mar 27, 2024 | 15:52 pm

  [The Point] Senegalese president-elect, Basirou Diomaye Faye has spoken after being declared the winner of 24 March Presidential Election. Below reads his victory speech.

• Bar Association 'Stands Firm' Against Repeal of Anti-FGM Law

  Mar 27, 2024 | 15:48 pm

  [The Point] The Gambia Bar Association reiterates its resolve to the commitment and advancement of rights of women and girls, while promoting the rule of law and human rights. In a dispatch sent, the Association states that the practice of[…]