The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party  (UDP) today enters the crucial leg of a country-wide tour with what has become a mega entry in the Greater Banjul Area. The tour, the first since the jailing of the party’s leadership and nomination of its presidential candidate Adama Barrow, has provided […]

 Beware That Not All That Glitter Is Gold “The cancer of betrayal, which we must uproot from Africa..” Culled and Adapted from Aziz Salmone Fall The coup that toppled Nkrumah is a tortuous conspiracy with deep roots. In 1969, the Portuguese seemingly freed Aristides Barbosa and Momo Touré, two former captured […]

It discussed no profound questions, enunciated no sublime principles. For a matter so central to fundamental questions around the public life of a country, a case so factually embedded in the crucial Chapter IV rights guaranteed by the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (the Constitution), the Judgment […]

By Sulayman Touray  The Gambia belongs to all of us regardless of our tribes or political affiliation. Under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh, you would always find at least three or more political parties in operation in the Gambia at a given time, but never before has any party faced […]

September 29, 2016 The 2016 Gambia Opposition parties Banjul, the Gambia Dear Party Leaders RE: Coalition is the only viable strategy for change After 22 years of unbridled dictatorship and economic hardships, The Gambian people once more cry for collective leadership to rescue our country from its misery. For the […]

The United Democratic Party (UDP) left yesterday for a Nationwide Caravan Tour with a high power delegation. The delegation crosses from Banjul to Barra ferry terminal at around 3:00pm. There was an unprecedented reception at the Barra ferry terminal as party supporters animated the terminal with yellow. The delegation had […]

By Gambian Outsider!  On September 1st 2016, vacation judge, Orgar Edward Eneji of the High Court in Banjul denied Mrs. Sira Wally Ndow-Njai her second bail application. Mrs. Ndow-Njai’s lawyer is Ida Drammeh. Last week, Mrs. Ndow-Njai’s third bail application was dismissed. I neither know Mrs. Ndow-Njai nor lawyer Ida […]

May God Save Dear Little Gambia Part 3 By Saul Saidykhan This is the third and final opinion on this topic. In a little over two months, if Yaya Jammeh or Mansa Jakut has his wish, Gambians will perform their designated role in another choreographed ritual –  officially dressed up […]

Some women members of the ruling APRC are boycotting the party’s scheduled Basse Rally for fear of being sexually harassed, Kairo News was reliably informed. These women are sick and tired of advances from their party’s “immoral bad men.” They there prefer to stay away from male predators who use […]

European authorities have been urged to accommodate the human rights request of Gambian youths seeking asylum instead of turning them down their claims which tantamounts to avoiding the fundamental aspect of their human rights. The call was made by an erudite Gambian opposition activist. In his address to an opposition […]

WHY IS FOROYAA HESITATING TO PUBLISH THE REJOINDER SENT BY THE UDP TO CLARIFY CLAIMS BY THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER THAT UDP HAS ENDORSED THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE? QUESTION OF THE DAY WHY IS FOROYAA HESITATING TO PUBLISH THE REJOINDER SENT BY THE UDP TOCLARIFY CLAIMS BY THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER THAT UDP HAS ENDORSED […]

When the junta in 1994 announced they will rule for four years, it caused such an uproar that they have to blame the English grammar for the confusion. They said they meant For Years but not four years. The “u” was the confusion. They made restatement without duly admitting to […]