October 2020
This one I’ll share with my minister’: Fresh bribery scandal hits Fisheries Ministry
After two months of investigations, Malagen has gained access to secretly recorded tapes and official correspondences. The medium has also conducted interviews with deep-throat informants and confronted key players at the Ministry of Fisheries, including minister James Gomez and permanent secretary Dr Bamba Banja both of whom are named in a bribery scandal. In briefs Money has many times changed hands between Golden Lead, a scandal-ridden Chinese owned fish meal company and top officials of the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources, a former staff turned informant told Malagen. One such alleged encounter was captured in an audio clip where a voice, purportedly...
False Alarm In Banjul: Geographical Proximity Sets Off Financial Red Flag
According to a leaked document seen by this reporter, these transactions were flagged, not because of the financial volume, but because the addresses of Kiram and Najah match that of an entity tied to the Tajideen brothers.
September 2020
Gambia Records Surge In Remittances Despite Dreary Forecast
Experts say surge in remittances could help struggling families as key revenue-generating sectors in the economy take a nosedive...
July 2020
Gov’t declines to reveal breakdown of Covid-19 expenditure
Between March and August, authorities have spent D1.133 billion on Covid 19 activities. Aside from D845 million Finance Ministry spent on food aid to Gambians, the health ministry spent D413 million on allowances, hotels, vehicles, food, fuel, among others, as of October 19
Contemporary African Exodus To Europe And The Negative Impacts Of Colonial Economies
Kunta Kinteh is alive but not safe and sound, said social commentator Alagie Jinkang. Jinkang is a PhD candidate at the Department of Law of the Universitá degli Studi di Palermo.
June 2020
Gov’t, GACH And Mining For Minerals: Where Are The $ Millions
In 2017, few months after assuming office, Adama Barrow-led government launched an inquiry into the ‘corrupt practices’ of exiled former president, Yahya Jammeh. The mining sector was a big part of that investigation. But even before the inquiry was wrapped up, the government awarded licence for resumption of mining and sold off the assets put on freeze. In 2018, when President Barrow faced questions about the awarding of mining licence, he claimed that he forgot the name of the company that was awarded the license. It turns out that company is GACH Mining, a limited liability entity whose de...
May 2020
How GNPC under Mambury Njie spent nearly D19m for a Banjul property in a deal ‘susceptible to favour
n the name of land banking, the GNPC under Mr Mambury Njie splashed nearly D19m of public funds to purchase a property that is now valued a little more than half the price it was bought for. But who benefitted from this highly questionable deal? Our news editor Mustapha K Darboe reveals the details...
March 2020
Introductions, please: Malagen means Truth
“What is a journalist? Not any business manager or publisher, or even proprietor. A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little things of interest that dot the horizon in fine weather. He reports the drifting castaway whom the ship can save. He peers through fog and storm to give warning of dangers ahead. He is not thinking of his wages or of the profits of his owners. He is there to watch over the safety and the welfare of the people who trust him.” Joseph Pulitzer