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August 24, 2026, 4:50 pm
What Are the Energy Challenges of the Gambia?
- [Foroyaa] This question was posed to Halifa Sallah and he said the following:
Accusing Fingers On Tribal Sentiments 61 Years After Independence
- [Foroyaa] Tribes become significant when people, living on the same territory, produce and share a way of life based on a common language and heritage.
Gambian Women Tell of Lifelong Pain After FGM
- [Foroyaa] For generations, silence has surrounded female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia. But for women who underwent the practice as children, the experience can remain present long after the physical wound has closed.
Inside the Gambia-Senegal Border Dispute
- [Foroyaa] Senegal & The Gambia Began working together
Judge Says One-Year Detention of Rape Suspect Without Trial Unconstitutional
- [Foroyaa] Justice Isatou Janneh of the Bundung High Court has ruled that the continued detention of Moses Manneh for more than a year without trial violated his constitutional rights to personal liberty and to a fair hearing within a reasonable time.
Woman Tells Court Three Salagi Plots She Bought Were Resold to Other Buyers
- [Foroyaa] A prosecution witness, Naffie Nyassi, has told a court that she bought three plots of land in Salagi from Lamin Touray but later discovered that the properties had allegedly been resold to other individuals. The matter is before Principal Magistrate Mam Samba Jallow at the Brusubi Magistrates' Court.
Magistrate Jails Accused for One Month After He Left Court Without Completing Bail Conditions
- [Foroyaa] Principal Magistrate Mam Samba Jallow of the Brusubi Magistrates' Court has sentenced an accused person, Ismaila Cham, to one month in prison after he left the court without completing the conditions attached to his bail. Cham, who is facing a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, was questioned by the court after it emerged that he had gone home despite not having fulfilled the bail requirements.
Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Cannabis Resin for Drug Trafficking
- [Foroyaa] Ebrima Jallow has pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing cannabis resin for the purpose of drug trafficking, contrary to Section 43(4)(d) of the Drug Control Amendment Act, 2014. Jallow entered his plea before Magistrate Fofona at the Brusubi Magistrates' Court after the charge was read and explained to him. The court has adjourned the matter to August 20, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. for sentencing.
In Search of a Candidate for 2026
- [Foroyaa] The historians are holding their pens. They have started writing about who participated in the ADD coalition building initiative that ended up as CMC flagbearer election, which is now leading to a toxic political atmosphere instead of a united coalition. They would record how parties that started to build a coalition are now building fragmented alliances of the willing, while others join the coalition of the ruling party.
What Do You Have to Say About an Interview Musa Camara's Interview With Ebrima Sonko?
- [Foroyaa] This question was posed to Halifa Sallah and he gave the following answer:
Coalition 2026 Faces Fresh Questions As Madi Jobarteh and Coach Pa Samba Jaw Warn Against Repeating 2016 Mistakes
- [Foroyaa] As opposition parties and political movements continue their search for a common platform ahead of the December 2026 presidential election, concerns are growing over whether another coalition built mainly around defeating President Adama Barrow can avoid the problems that followed the 2016 coalition victory.
'We Will Refrain From Criticising Others,' Negotiator Says As UDP-Led Coalition Signs MOU
- [Foroyaa] The Gambia First Coalition and the United Democratic Party (UDP)-led Alliance have pledged to focus their 2026 presidential election campaign on promoting their own candidate, values and policies, with coalition negotiator Momodou Satou Dibba saying they will refrain from criticising other political personalities.
Warning! Warning! Warning!
- [Foroyaa] The public health authorities of The Gambia are supposed to protect the citizens from preventable epidemics such as cholera. Sanitation is a prerequisite to the prevention of epidemics.
Why Don't Boats in the Gambia Have Number Plates?
- [Foroyaa] The question of why passenger and artisanal fishing boats in The Gambia do not have a clear and widely enforced identification system has been on the national agenda for years. Unlike motor vehicles, which are required to carry registration numbers that allow them to be identified and traced, many boats operating in Gambian waters remain difficult to identify individually.
Gambian Fisherwomen Call for Government Intervention and a Say in Decision-Making
- [Foroyaa] Saturday 8 August 2026, Tanji landing stage. Maimuna Bah is haggling over the price of the fish. She wants to buy a batch, sell some of it fresh, smoke the rest and sell them later.
Is the Opposition Speaking With One Voice?
- [Foroyaa] Foroyaa has observed that the same opposition parties have been attending many coalition talks and have not been speaking with one voice to be able to build a political force capable of challenging and removing the incumbent. The will to build coalitions is there but the capability to do so seems to be elusive. Gambians are still wondering which coalition arrangement will end in unity rather than disunity as is evident so far in coalition arrangements that are concluded.
Gambia for All Unveils Four-Pillar Manifesto Ahead of December Election
- [Foroyaa] Gambia for All (GFA) has launched its manifesto for the December 2026 presidential election, presenting a four-pillar programme centred on food security, economic transformation, human capital development and system transformation.
GRA Boosts Transfer Pricing Audits to Protect Tax Revenue
- [Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a technical assistance programme to strengthen its ability to identify and audit transfer pricing risks involving multinational companies and related-party transactions.
High Court Rejects Attempt to Stop Management of Manjai Football Park
- [Foroyaa] The Bundung High Court has dismissed an application by the Manjai Kunda Village Management Development Committee seeking to stop a group of individuals from managing and using the Manjai Football Park, also known as the Father Gough Sports Complex, pending the determination of a substantive dispute over the ownership and management of the facility.
Most Gambians Have Considered Emigrating, Primarily to Seek Economic Opportunities
- [Afrobarometer] Majorities say the government should reduce or eliminate entry by foreign job seekers and refugees.
MCA Reports 121 Medical Products Failed Quality Tests in 2024
- [Foroyaa] A total of 121 medical products failed post-shipment quality testing in 2024, according to the Medicines Control Agency (MCA).
Are Legal Minds Seeing Eye to Eye On the Appointment of the Chief Justice?
- [Foroyaa] This question was posed to Halifa Sallah and he answered as follows:
Female Genital Mutilation - Winning the Argument, Losing the Funding
- [IPS] Montevideo, Uruguay -- Last August, a one-month-old girl in The Gambia bled to death after being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice that had been illegal in the country since 2015. FGM is a human rights violation, whatever the appeals to faith or tradition made in its defence, but now the Gambian Supreme Court is being asked to strike the country's ban down. This is the second attempt in two years to make FGM legal again.
Gambia Begins Review of Cleaner Fuel and Vehicle Standards
- [Foroyaa] The National Environment Agency (NEA), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has started a two-day workshop on cleaner fuels and vehicle alignment standards for ECOWAS countries.
19 Suspected Sierra Leoneans Arrested in Brusubi
- [The Point] The Lower West Coast Region (LWCR) Task Force has arrested 19 suspected Sierra Leonean nationals during an operation at an uncompleted building in Brusubi.
Gabonese President Due in Banjul Today
- [The Point] President Adama Barrow will host the President of the Gabonese Republic, His Excellency Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, for a State Visit to The Gambia from 30th July to 2nd August 2026, aimed at strengthening the longstanding bilateral relations between the two countries.
Gambia Invites Angolan President for Official Visit
- [ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President João Lourenço has been invited to visit Gambia following talks with a special envoy in Luanda.
Sanna Manjang Recounts Rescuing 7 Soldiers From Casamance Rebels
- [The Point] Ex-Lt. Col. Sanna Manjang, and a member of the notorious killer squad know as 'junglers', a unit created by the former President Yahya Jammeh opened his defence following the withdrawal of four murder charges against him by the state and substituted with assault causing actual bodily harm.
MCA Claims It Was Not Served Aki Report Amid Audit Concerns
- [The Point] The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised a red flag over the Medicines Control Agency's (MCA) failure to produce the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Investigation Report during the audit of its 2021-2024 financial statements, saying the omission prevented auditors from verifying whether recommendations from the investigation had been implemented.
Judiciary Admits 45 New Lawyers to the Bar
- [The Point] The Judiciary of The Gambia yesterday admitted 45 newly qualified legal practitioners to the Bar in a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow at the High Court in Banjul.
