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Opposition make comeback but ruling NPP leads in parliamentary election
Saikou Jammeh2022-04-13T21:34:13+00:00The Gambia’s opposition parties and independents have made a surprise comeback in the April 9 parliamentary elections after suffering defeat in the Dec.4 presidential election of last year. They have won a combined 29 seats, representing majority of the elective seats in the country. But...
Dangerous speech alert: ‘Destroy, maim and dismantle’ ‘non-Gambian voters’
Saikou Jammeh2022-04-09T18:35:19+00:00The statement made by Kambi— a former chairman of the National Youth Council (NYC)— on his Facebook page was flagged by Malagen media monitoring team as a dangerous speech.
Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism relaunches as Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development
Saikou Jammeh2022-02-11T13:46:10+00:00By CJIDThe Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development [CJID], the parent organisation of Dubawa Ghana, has officially launched in Abuja, Nigeria.The Centre will help the West African news media community fulfil “a mission to improve governance, promote a community of informed citizenry, and entrench democratic...
Gambians renew President Barrow’s mandate ‘free and fair polls’, but opposition do not accept defeat
Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:53:24+00:00The Independent Electoral Commission has declared incumbent Adama Barrow as winner of the presidential elections held over the weekend. But three of the five opposition contenders, including his main rival Ousainou Darboe, had rejected the results in polls that have been judged as free, fair,...
Who will win the race to State House
Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:53:10+00:00On paper, President Adama Barrow is the candidate to beat. He has consistently led in the polls. He enjoys the support of a grand coalition; one bigger than the group that backed him to victory five years ago, at least in terms of the number...
Misinformation alert: the results of presidential elections that gave Adama Barrow a lead has not been rejected by any court!!!
Saikou Jammeh2022-11-16T16:16:39+00:00A video of the European Union Election Observer Mission ’chief election observer is being shared on WhatsApp by people, attributing claims to him that the results of the 2021 presidential election which gave Adama Barrow a lead has been rejected by a court. It...
A Foreign-owned Fishmeal Factory Causes a Stink in Senegal
Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:52:09+00:00Standing beside the empty guest house she manages, Abie Sanyang looks with worry across the beach. The source of her concern is less than 100m away on the foreshore; a fishmeal factory – its silos looming over a concrete wall separating it from cheerfully decorated...
Dangerous Speech Alert: ‘This Donkey’
Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:51:55+00:00The former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh, now exiled in Equatorial Guinea since his election defeat in 2016 has recently addressed a meeting via internet call conducted at a Kombo South settlement in Berending where he had referred to his successor Adama Barrow as a donkey,...
Hate speech alert: Essa Faal is Ahmadiyya, Serahules should deny him vote
Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:51:41+00:00The comments made by the founder of the Gambia Action Party (GAP) Musa Yali Batchilly towards the independent candidate Essa Mbye Faal have been flagged as hate speech by the Malagen media monitoring desk. Speaking at an NPP political rally, he labeled Faal as Ahmadis,...