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Independent Candidate Faal Declares Over A Billion Worth Of Assets To IEC

A former lead counsel of the truth commission established to investigate the human rights violations of ex-president Yahya Jammeh who is now an independent presidential candidate, Essa Faal, has declared at least D1.4 billion worth of assets to Independent Electoral Commission. Faal, an international lawyer shot...

November 8, 2021Mustapha K DarboeElection Hub, Investigations

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Fact Check: Coalition Sacks All Non-Mandinkas From Top Gov’t Jobs

Claim: The coalition gov’t sacked non-Mandinkas from top gov’t jobs Source: Ex-leader Yahya Jammeh Verdict: The claim is false. Since Jammeh left for exile in Equatorial Guinea in January 2017, he has kept a low profile. That changed recently. After the Gambian leader Adama Barrow visited home village of Kanilai,...

November 8, 2021Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Factchecking

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Gambia’s electoral authorities clear 6 to contest presidential elections

The Independent Electoral Commission has accepted the nomination of 6 candidates to contest the 2021 presidential elections, disqualifying 15. In a statement read before journalists on Saturday evening, the chairman of the electoral commission, Alieu Mamour Njai, said 5 people have cancelled their nominations. The 6...

November 8, 2021Mustapha K DarboeCurrent Affairs, Election Hub

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Gambian Leader Adama Barrow’s assets revealed

The Gambian leader Adama Barrow has declared at least D50.7 million worth of assets to electoral commission, Malagen has confirmed at the Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday.Gambians head to polls on December 4, in what is the small country’s most crowded presidential race since independence....

November 6, 2021Mustapha K DarboeElection Hub, Investigations

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GMC leader files for nomination, says talks on coalition with 2 others is ongoing

The Gambia Moral Congress, the Citizens’ Alliance and All People’s Alliance have so far failed to reach an agreement on a common presidential candidate to lead their recently formed ‘Alliance for Change 2021, said Mai Ahmad Fatty on Monday.Fatty, a lawyer and key member of...

November 3, 2021Saikou JammehCurrent Affairs, Election Hub

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Factcheck: are executives orders/directives laws?

Claim 1: Executive order (directives) is law Source: Deputy Inspector General of Police Momodou Sowe Verdict: The claim is false On November 2, a local newspaper in the country published an article quoting the deputy inspector general of police Momodou Sowe saying executive orders are law. Some observers expressed disappointment at...

November 3, 2021Mustapha K DarboeElection Hub, Factchecking

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UDP Leader Makes Public Declaration Of Assets

The 73-year old’s assets include a leased property on 57 Kairaba Avenue acquired in 1975 approximately worth D10,000,000. He also has undeveloped plots of land in Kembujeh, Serekundanding, Tanji Batosilokang, Tanji Salanding, Sanyang, Gunjur, Sukuta and Bansang (kongko santu). All the properties, except the Bansang...

November 3, 2021Mustapha K DarboeElection Hub, Investigations

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GDC leader says alliance with APRC faction wouldn’t jeopardize victims’ pursuit for justice

Mama Kandeh, the leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has downplayed the potential impact of his alliance on victims’ pursuit of justice had he get elected president. Gambians head to polls on December 4 in what is country’s most crowded race for presidency since...

November 2, 2021Mustapha K DarboeCurrent Affairs, Election Hub

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Ex-justice minister Joof, others submit details for nominations with IEC

The nomination for presidential candidate in Gambia’s December 4 election has started on Saturday with the submission of nomination papers by Joseph Henry Joof, a one-time justice minister under ex-president Yahya Jammeh. The controversial figure passed a bill in 2000 indemnifying soldiers who shot student...

November 2, 2021Saikou JammehCurrent Affairs, Election Hub

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Fact Check: How Right Were Ex-President Jammeh’s Claims In His Recent Phone Call To Supporters At The Gunjur Rally?

In the last few days, Gambian social media sites were saturated with a video recording of a phone call the ex-Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh made to his supporters during a rally in Gunjur on October 23. In his address, Jammeh made several claims about developments he...

October 31, 2021Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Factchecking

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