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Explainer: How Are Election Disputes Handled in The Gambia?

Different election petitions are heard by different courts in The Gambia, depending on the office being contested. This explainer outlines which court has jurisdiction over each type of election petition and the procedures that must be followed in bringing and determining those cases.

January 30, 2026Kaddy JawoElection Hub, Explainers

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A Legacy Betrayed: Barrow’s New Election Law Spits on Solo Sandeng’s Sacrifice

In April 2016, the blood of Solo Sandeng watered the seeds of Gambia's democratic revolution. His death under torture, alongside the brutal arrest of fellow UDP protesters demanding electoral reforms, ignited a fire that consumed a 22-year dictatorship. By December 2016, the people had voted out Yahya Jammeh and placed their hope in Adama Barrow, who promised a new dawn of fair elections and robust democratic institutions.

October 29, 2025Matty JobeElection Hub

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UDP Presidential Race: Darboe Scores Near-Flawless 98.4 Percent

Malagen has obtained the results of the UDP’s rare selection process for the party’s presidential candidate. We sat down with the no-nonsense official overseeing the shortlisting to break it down. The party is expected to announce later today its candidate to face off against President Adama Barrow in next year’s presidential election.

September 10, 2025Nyima SillahElection Hub, The Big Story

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UDP Always Followed One Man. The Long Queue for His Seat Is Thinning. Here’s What to Know

From 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.

September 6, 2025Kaddy JawoAnalysis, Election Hub, Explainers, Presidential

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Explainer: Can NPP Keep Seat Against Opposition Alliance in Half-Die Vote

The 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...

April 25, 2025Kaddy JawoElection Hub, Explainers, The Big Story

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Hate Speech Alert: NPP Supporter Targets PPP Candidate in Half-Die By-Election

This 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.

April 24, 2025Kaddy JawoElection Hub, Factchecking

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Factcheck: Dr Ceesay Falsely Suggests ‘Sadam Rice’ is Cheaper in Basse than on Kairaba Avenue and environs

Kaddy Jawo Claim: Saddam rice is cheaper in Basse than on Kairaba Avenue. Source: Minister of Information, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay Verdict: False Appearing on the State of the Nation radio programme aired on GRTS Radio on September 5th, 2024, the Minister of Information, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, suggested that the price of a bag of ‘Sadam’ rice is cheaper in the provincial town of Basse than in the Kairaba Avenue area, which is located within the Kanifing Municipality. Credit: From Africa Press Net site Ceesay, alongside Trade and Employment Minister Baboucarr Joof, were discussing various issues affecting the cost of living in The Gambia amid public...

September 18, 2024Kaddy JawoElection Hub, Factchecking, Media Monitoring

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Factsheet: All You Need to Know as Michael Sang Correa’s Trial Begins Next Month in the US

Come September, Michael Sang Correa, one of the most prominent members of the former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh’s special assassin team ‘jungulars’ is set to appear before the US court in Colorado. Correa, now 45, was indicted by the US Justice Department on seven counts for his role in inflicting torture and suffering on victims, especially following the 2006 alleged coup attempt to remove Jammeh from power. He has also been accused of having participated in the extrajudicial killings of journalists Dayda Hydara in 2004, Chief Ebrima Manneh in 2012, and the murder of Gambian-Americans Alhagie Mamut Ceesay and Ebou Jobe in...

August 22, 2024Kaddy JawoElection Hub, Factchecking, Media Monitoring, Uncategorized

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Dangerous speech alert: President Barrow encourages supporters to ‘stop’ opponents who attempt to influence voters at polls

‘Don’t sleep, and don’t be afraid of the opposition’ - President Barrow tells NPP Militants, as campaign closes on Thursday evening.

May 20, 2023Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Media Monitoring

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Dangerous speech alert: UDP supporter makes inciteful comments, calls for First Lady to be attacked and killed…

In a Whatsapp audio circulating on the messaging platform, Mr Alieu Kora known as International Jato has called on members of his party, main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), to mobilise, attack and kill the first lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow and her delegation when they visit the town of Bakau.

May 19, 2023Saikou JammehElection Hub, Factchecking, Media Monitoring

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