December 2021
Misinformation alert: the results of presidential elections that gave Adama Barrow a lead has not been rejected by any court!!!
A 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 did not specify which courts have heard the case. The video of Chief Observer Norbert Neuser was edited to a portion where he said: “The IEC has been held in high esteem by stakeholders since the 2016 presidential election. This public standing was, however, diminished AFTER COURT FINDINGS THAT THE IEC HAD ACTED UNLAWFULLY. The...
Hate speech alert: NPP National President incites other tribes against UDP, Mandinkas
The National President of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), Dembo Bojang, commonly called Dembo ‘By Force’ has made comments flagged as hate speech by Malagen media monitoring desk. The veteran politician was speaking at the NPP-led alliance rally in Bakau on Monday, November 29th as President Adama Barrow continues his election campaign tour for his re-election. In his speech, he called on other tribes to gang up to prevent the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) from winning in the December 4th presidential election. Mr. Bojang who is the religious adviser to the president said all ethnic groups other than Mandinkas are at risk...
Factsheet: Important things to know about the election day
The Gambia will hold its first presidential election since Jammeh on Saturday 4 December 2021. At least 962,157 people registered to vote across the country. Here are some important facts about the election: Who are the candidates? The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) confirmed the nomination of six presidential candidates to contest the polls. The parties and their candidates are (alphabetical order): Abdoulie Ebrima Jammeh – National Unity Party (NUP)· Adama Barrow – National People’s Party (NPP)· Essa Mbaye Faal – Independent Candidate· Halifa Sallah – People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)· Mamma Kandeh – Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC)· Ousainou ANM Darboe...
November 2021
Fake: Halifa Sallah has not told voters to accept money from corrupt politicians, and then vote for System Change
This statement has been carefully studied by the Malagen media monitoring desk. We are currently monitoring all election campaigns, including the PDOIS presidential campaign and have reviewed the campaign addresses made by Halifa Sallah. But we have found no evidence that Sallah made the statements being attributed to him.
Race to State House: What presidential candidates paid in tax
Up to six candidates are vying to become president. Whoever wins on December 4 will manage taxpayers’ funds. But how much are the people seeking to make decisions over taxes in themselves paying in tax? In this investigation, Malagen digs out the tax records of the presidential candidates for the 2021 presidential elections and reveals how much each of them have paid in income tax - taxes paid on a business or deducted from salary – covering the period 2017 to date.
A Foreign-owned Fishmeal Factory Causes a Stink in Senegal
Standing 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 palm-thatched beach bars and settlements. The fishing village Abene, in the rural Casamance region of southern Senegal, has long been a popular tourist destination. But when the plant, Société des Produits Halieutiques (SPH SARL), began operating in April 2018, the noxious fumes created in the process of turning pelagic fish into powder and oil drove visitors away. “Our guests were struggling to breath...
Dangerous Speech Alert: ‘This Donkey’
The 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, a comment flagged by Malagen media monitoring as dangerous speech. As The Gambia goes to polls to elect a president on December 4, Jammeh’s breakaway faction of the officially recognised Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has joined the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), led by Mama Kandeh- his former National Assembly Member. He has since been...
Hate speech alert: Essa Faal is Ahmadiyya, Serahules should deny him vote
The 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, declared him an enemy of Prophet Muhammed and called on his fellow Serahule tribes’ people to deny him their vote. Context Musa Yali Batchilly is the founder of one of the many new political parties, the Gambia Action Party (GAP). He holds the title of party leader and Secretary General. However, he has been suspended from the party earlier...