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FAKE! NAWEC has no free 70kWh units for customers in celebration of Christmas 

Saikou Jammeh2024-02-15T18:23:15+00:00

Source: Social mediaVerdict: FakeA short-composed message went viral on Tuesday on social media, especially in WhatsApp groups, indicating that the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) is offering 70kWh free units to all its customers.Claim: The viral message claims: “NAWEC is offering 70 kWh free units to...

December 12, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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FALSE: President Barrow never closed a media house since coming into office?

Saikou Jammeh2024-02-15T18:31:39+00:00

A 5-member delegation of lawmakers from Gambia have told the ECOWAS Parliament that the Barrow administration has not closed any media house in the country since 2017, an information found to be untrue.

August 24, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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Dangerous speech alert: UDP supporter makes inciteful comments, calls for First Lady to be attacked and killed…

Saikou Jammeh2024-02-15T18:16:58+00:00

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...

May 19, 2023Saikou JammehElection Hub, Factchecking, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: NPP supporter attacks Bensouda as non-Gambian

Kebba Jeffang2024-02-15T18:18:36+00:00

A ruling NPP supporter identified as Jali Burama Jobarteh has made comments flagged by Malagen media monitoring as hate speech. The viral video clip has been published widely on social media and online news media. His hateful comments are directed at the mayor of Kanifing...

May 19, 2023Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Factchecking
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Explainer: Is media freedom under threat?

Saikou Jammeh2024-01-05T10:42:37+00:00

Although it is true media is freer under Adama Barrow, compared to the previous autocratic regime under Yahya Jammeh, DUBAWA has made it a point to highlight the challenges facing the industry that pose a threat to its freedom. 

April 6, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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Factsheet: Are audit reports an opinion? 

Kebba Jeffang2023-03-20T20:48:49+00:00

In a video interview that went viral over the weekend, the Gambian leader said audits are an opinion, a comment seen by critics as softening his position on combating corruption.

March 20, 2023Kebba JeffangFactchecking
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Explainer: Assessing Securiport contract breach and its subsequent chaos  

Saikou Jammeh2023-03-11T18:11:10+00:00

There is a public uproar in The Gambia over the content of an audit report by Securiport, a US-based company tasked with providing aviation and immigration security.  The National Audit Office, among other things, found that key government officers, including diplomatic passport holders, were exempt from...

March 11, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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Factsheet: What aspirants and voters need to know as local government elections near

Saikou Jammeh2023-03-08T18:05:02+00:00

The Local Government Elections are due to take place in two months across the Gambia. It will give the qualified Gambian citizens the opportunity to elect ward councillors, area council chairpersons and mayors for Banjul City and Kanifing Municipal Councils. The elections will complete the...

March 8, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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Explainer: Did The Gambia Coalition 2016 implement only three out of 22 of Barrow’s manifesto on democracy and rule of law?

Saikou Jammeh2023-02-24T16:14:57+00:00

On January 13, 2023, Madi Jobarteh, a human rights activist and social commentator, had a face-off in a debate with Halifa Sallah, the secretary-general of People’s Democracy Organisation for Democracy and Socialism (PDOIS), following the former’s comments that The Gambia Coalition 2016 betrayed Solo Sandeng. 

February 24, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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Explainer: Renewed commitment to ending Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia

Saikou Jammeh2023-02-24T15:31:15+00:00

Photo Source: Africa.cgtn.comAccording to the World Health Organisation, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.Why is Female Genital Mutilation Practised in The Gambia?Although its...

February 24, 2023Saikou JammehFactchecking
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