Foroyaa
Foroyaa is a Gambian newspaper published in Serrekunda and affiliated with the opposition People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS). Known for documenting detentions and rights abuses during the Jammeh era, it covers politics, human rights and social issues and remains one of The Gambia's longest-standing independent-minded papers.
Foroyaa at a glance
- Country
- Gambia
- Region
- West Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Website
- foroyaa.net ↗
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How Crosswire groups Foroyaa
Crosswire groups Foroyaa as Left-leaning for comparisons within the Gambia's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In the Gambia, The Point and The Standard are listed as Centrist — so you can open Foroyaa beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Foroyaa sits in the Gambia's press
Foroyaa is one of 4 outlets tracked in the Gambia, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Point and The Standard. By outlets tracked, the Gambia ranks 16th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Foroyaa outside the Gambia, starting with West Africa, are Le Soleil (Senegal), L'Essor (Mali), Sidwaya (Burkina Faso) and Le Sahel (Niger). Opening one of them beside Foroyaa is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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