Gambia College suspends staff over alleged rape attempt 

A picture taken by Isha a day after the incident shows bruises on her neck The Gambia College has suspended Alasana Janneh, an admin assistant over the alleged rape attempt on a female student at his office last month. On September 24, a Malagen investigation exposed how Janneh, 32, who is responsible for entering grades for students at diploma primary level at the college, lured the 22-year-old student at his office at night and tried to force sex with her in exchange for entering her grades.  Three days later, he appeared before Brikama Magistrates Court presided by Magistrate A.B Faal, and...

October 2, 2023Investigations
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“Shut up. If not, I will kill you.” Disturbing audio captures voice of a man attempting “to rape” a girl at Gambia College

“Leave me. You are hurting me,” begged a girl in distress, as she could be heard gasping for air and coughing. “Are you trying to kill me?” A defiant, alleged rapist, held onto her throat, demanding she stopped shouting. “Why are you shouting? If not, I will kill you here,” said a man in the audio. He is Alasana Janneh, a fair-coloured, 32-year old Administrative Assistant at the Gambia College School of Education, who allegedly lured 22-year old *Isha into his office with the promise of entering her missing grades in Cross Cutting, English and Music. At about 8:...

September 24, 2023Investigations, The Big Story
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Unveiled: How Communications Ministry Awards Training Contract to School Owned by Minister Ousman Bah

UNVEILED! HOW COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY AWARDS TRAINING CONTRACT TO SCHOOL OWNED BY MINISTER OUSMAN BAH Conflict of interest, violation of procurement rules, and possible inflated costs have characterized the contract that the newly created Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy have awarded to the institute owned by the minister, Ousman Bah, to train IT technicians from various government ministries on digital transformation and cyber security. Enter    

August 31, 2023Investigations, The Big Story
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ROY’s LAST FINGER IN JONGFOLO and TENENG’s DOWNSTAIRS. PARENTS, POLICE SAY THAT’s OK

ROY's LAST FINGER IN JONGFOLO and TENENG's DOWNSTAIRS. PARENTS, POLICE SAY THAT's OK A police raid on the residence of a 75-year-old British national with a history of violating underaged girls uncovers ‘packets of sex enhancement drugs’. Jongfolo*, 12, who had just left the house reveals how Roy Webster finger fucks her, licks her and and puts his penis in her mouth to suck. She’s not alone. Her friend too, Teneng*,...

August 10, 2023Investigations, The Big Story
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Jammeh’s Last Victim – or Not

When he disappeared six years ago, Siaka Fatajo became known as 'the last victim' of former President Yahya Jammeh’s brutalities. Except, at the time, Jammeh who has been held directly responsible for nearly 200 unlawful killings during his 22-year reign, was already in exile, in Equatorial Guinea. Who then, is responsible for the disappearance of Siaka? Unable to know his fate or trace his whereabouts, the family and relatives have been left in a limbo, without finding the closure of mourning. His second wife has remarried, but for the first wife, Jainaba, the search and wait continues as she nurses...

July 27, 2023Investigations, The Big Story
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Malagen holds launch event

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 people drawn from diverse professional backgrounds, including government, civil society, journalism, academia, diplomatic missions, multinational organisations, human rights groups and political parties Read more HERE

May 30, 2023Indepth Reporting, The Big Story
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In Ethiopia’s Tigray, a horrific military cooperation: weaponized rape

Ethiopia’s reluctant admission and limited prosecution might almost look like justice if compared to another state actor in the conflict: Eritrea. By many accounts, Eritrean soldiers led the charge in weaponizing rape in the conflict in Tigray. Of the 13 survivors interviewed by CCIJ in this investigation, five said their rapists were Eritrean soldiers – compared to two who pointed to Ethiopian soldiers. Yet the former are accountable to neither the Ethiopian government nor the international community from which their country, often called “the North Korea of Africa,”  is isolated. In this investigation by CCIJ, Lucy Kassa looks...

February 1, 2023Investigations, The Big Story
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Inside the Securiprofit deal

In this investigation Malagen reveals how the introduction of $20 security levy at the airport has caused possible financial loss of at least D274m to the state. And the party has just started. It has just been three years, 11 more years to go. The contract granted to Securiport, a US-based company to provide aviation and immigration security was negotiated from the Office of the President. Despite public outcry, objection from travel and tourism industry, and strong opposition from even within the government, the Securiprofit deal was signed and implemented in apparent violation of laws on tax, procurement and public finance. Click...

September 16, 2022Investigations, The Big Story
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