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The special tribunal explained as Jammeh’s victims move closer to justice

Kaddy Jawo2024-12-25T23:01:57+00:00

By Kaddy JawoThe regional leadership of ECOWAS has approved a special tribunal, bringing hope for justice to more than 200 individuals confirmed to have been murdered by the repressive regime of Yahya Jammeh.In addition to extrajudicial killings, the regime systematically tortured critics and subjected dozens...

December 25, 2024Kaddy JawoFeature, Indepth Reporting, Investigations, News in Graphs
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Malagen holds launch event

Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:39:06+00:00

The objective of Malagen launch is to build public awareness of our brand, present a case for our mission, and showcase our work with a view to building public support and trust for investigative journalism in the country. The event gathered an audience of more than 200...

May 30, 2023Saikou JammehIndepth Reporting, The Big Story
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‘Decoding’ COVID-19: Gambia’s success in tracking mutations of the virus

Mustapha K Darboe2021-11-29T20:46:03+00:00

By December last year, The Gambia has uploaded 430 sequenced genomes of COVID-19 on the global database compiled by GISAID Initiative, ranking 6th in the world for percentage of positive samples sequenced, according to a Washington Post article. By the beginning of March 2021, the...

April 22, 2021Mustapha K DarboeCurrent Affairs, Indepth Reporting
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AstraZeneca vaccine: Gambian experience so far good

Mustapha K Darboe2021-11-29T21:16:47+00:00

Despite high vaccine hesitancy among the population, Gambia's use of Astrazeneca vaccine has been so far good, with no fatality.

April 19, 2021Mustapha K DarboeIndepth Reporting
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Yankuba Touray’s murder conviction raises hope for justice for Jammeh-era crimes

Mustapha K Darboe2021-11-29T20:46:54+00:00

For the family of Ousman Koro Ceesay, justice was done on July 14 this year when the High Court in Banjul handed a former government minister the death sentence for his role in the murder of his colleague. The ruling brought a measure of closure...

April 1, 2021Mustapha K DarboeAnalysis, Indepth Reporting
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Decline in catches as Gambia grapples with illegal fishing

Mustapha K Darboe2021-11-29T20:44:48+00:00

The fisheries sector has also seen significantly dwindling earnings for fishermen and traders.  “There is no fish in the waters…,” he said. “We used to catch up to 90 trays (a tray carries 50kg of fish) of sardinella a day and now we barely get 5...

November 22, 2020Mustapha K DarboeAnalysis, Indepth Reporting
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Gambia Records Surge In Remittances Despite Dreary Forecast

Mustapha K Darboe2021-11-29T21:06:00+00:00

Experts say surge in remittances could help struggling families as key revenue-generating sectors in the economy take a nosedive...

September 2, 2020Mustapha K DarboeIndepth Reporting
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Gov’t declines to reveal breakdown of Covid-19 expenditure

Mustapha K Darboe2021-11-29T20:44:10+00:00

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

July 29, 2020Mustapha K DarboeIndepth Reporting
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