Hate Speech Alert: UDP Supporter Flagged for Dangerous Ethnic Rhetoric
We have flagged Sambujang's comments as hate speech due to their potential to inflame ethnic tensions.
UDP Always Followed One Man. The Long Queue for His Seat Is Thinning. Here’s What to Know
Kaddy Jawo2025-09-06T21:44:42+00:00From a rising young mayor to longtime loyalists - and even a handful of little-known party figures with outsized ambition, Mr. Darboe’s decades-long grip on the United Democratic Party was facing what looked like a rare test. Until the most serious threat backed away.
Dangerous Speech Alert: Imam Flagged for Inflammatory Religious Rhetoric
Kaddy Jawo2025-09-01T14:04:05+00:00We flag Imam Kuyateh’s comments for vilifying a group’s core religious practice and inflaming sectarian tensions
Dangerous Speech Alert: Presidential Adviser Flagged for Dangerous Ethnic Rhetoric
Kaddy Jawo2025-08-22T12:00:45+00:00We flag comments made by Mr. Mballow, an aide to President Barrow, as Dangerous Speech for risk of inflaming ethnic tensions and ethnicising state power
Explainer: The Gambia’s High-Profile FGM Case and Infant Death
Kaddy Jawo2025-08-14T18:05:16+00:00What Happened? On August 10, 2025, the parents of a one-month-old infant rushed her to Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital after she suffered severe complications. Medical staff pronounced the baby dead upon arrival. Authorities later confirmed that the infant had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), prompting a police investigation. Arrests and Charges The Gambia Police Force initially detained two suspects before charging three women under the Women’s (Amendment) Act, 2015, which criminalizes FGM. The accused include: Fatou Camara, the alleged cutter (Ngansingba), charged under Section 32A (Prohibition of Female Circumcision), which carries a possible life sentence. She has been remanded in custody. The mother of the deceased and a paternal aunt, also facing charges as accomplices but granted bail. The infant’s body...
Tanji Bird Reserve Carved Up? Inside Deals To Turn Protected Land Into Profit
Kaddy Jawo2025-08-21T20:04:04+00:00The Government has quietly divided and doled out a large tract of land - equivalent in size to more than 30 standard international football fields - believed to be carved out of the Tanji Bird Reserve by President Jammeh. The new owners - well, those named so far - include lawyer and politician Essa Faal; a Senegalese businessman and financier of President Barrow, Khalilou Wague; and a Gambia-based Indian businessman, Nandkishore Rajwani, who reportedly uses different names to amass land from the state.
Explainer: Can NPP Keep Seat Against Opposition Alliance in Half-Die Vote
Kaddy Jawo2025-04-25T19:51:34+00:00The contest in Banjul on Saturday between recent former allies, the ruling coalition and a former ruling party backed by the opposition, promises to be a hard-fought battle - a symbolic test of political strength with a year and a half until the presidential election. Kaddy JawoKaddy Jawo heads Malagen's media monitoring and factchecking desk. She is also an investigative reporter. When the United Democratic Party (UDP) defeated its arch-rival, the ruling National People's Party (NPP) in the Kiang Masembeh by-election, its officials declared the victory a sign of what could happen in the 2026 presidential election. Yet the main opposition...
Hate Speech Alert: NPP Supporter Targets PPP Candidate in Half-Die By-Election
Kaddy Jawo2025-04-24T21:28:54+00:00This two-party contest is seen as a highly significant election that could mirror the direction of the forthcoming presidential elections next year. Two candidates are vying for the seat, one from the ruling National People’s Party and another from a former ruling party, the Progressive People’s Party.
Michael Correa Found Guilty of Torture in Historic U.S. Verdict
Kaddy Jawo2025-04-16T16:29:14+00:00By Kaddy Jawo Michael Sang Correa, a former member of The Gambia's notorious Junglers death squad, has been found guilty on multiple counts of torture in a landmark verdict delivered in a U.S. federal court in Denver. His conviction marks a rare and historic moment: only the third time in U.S. history that a person has been convicted under the extraterritorial Torture Act, and the first non-American ever to be sentenced under it. The jury found Correa guilty of conspiracy to commit torture and torture of five men: Tamsir Jasseh, Pharing Sanyang, Yaya Darboe, Pierre Mendy, and Demba Dem. These were not...
Explainer: Why Is the IEC Holding a By-Election in Banjul Half-Die Ward?
Kaddy Jawo2025-04-25T17:52:07+00:00The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia is holding a by-election in Banjul’s Half-Die Ward following the unexpected vacancy of the councillor position. The seat became vacant after Momodou Bah, the former councillor under the National People's Party (NPP), reportedly abandoned his post during an official visit to Belgium. The trip was part of efforts to strengthen the sister-city partnership between Banjul City Council and Ostend City Council. Bah’s prolonged absence, without any formal excuse or return to duty, prompted the IEC to invoke Section 23 of the Local Government Act and declare the seat vacant. A by-election has now...