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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THE BIG FISH WALKING FREE: Inside ‘raped and brutalised’ Penny Appeal orphans case

he Penny Appeal case is now at the high court in Banjul, brought back from the dead after two years. But out of initial nine persons who were facing trial, only six names are left on the revised charge sheet, and four of them are minors. In this follow up story, Malagen investigates how the prosecutors and police leave out the 'big fish' in what has been a long-drown-out stop-start courtroom saga in pursuit of justice for hundreds of orphans who were abused and exploited in orphanages that had been operating for six years without a legal permit.

July 1, 2022Investigations, The Big Story
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UN body suspends Gambia’s rosewood trade license

The UN treaty body responsible for the protection of endangered plants and animals has announced suspension of Gambia’s license for commercial trade in rosewood. The decision takes immediate effect, from the June 8 announcement. CITES – short for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species – cited ‘exceptional circumstances generated by the documented pervasive trade’ [in rosewood] in violations of its convention. The decision came after the Gambian authorities failed to submit evidence to show that rosewood exports from the country are legal and not detrimental to the environment. When contacted, the CITES focal person in the country, Mawdo Jallow, said...

June 24, 2022Investigations, The Big Story
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Child diarrhea cases surge as sewage runs on Cape Town streets

Like clockwork, diarrhea among children spikes sharply during Cape Town’s long summer. The city tends to blame the heat and people’s poor hygiene practices, but its own sewage infrastructure may be the real culprit. In this edition of Super Friday, we are in Cape Town, South Africa, where Steve Kretzmann goes beyond the headlines to dig into what might be the real causes of the spikes in diarrhoea in that country. This investigation was produced in collaboration with the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism. Click HERE to read the story

June 17, 2022Investigations, The Big Story
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Justice, at last, is on the horizon

President Adama Barrow’s decision to prosecute his predecessor Yahya Jammeh and his henchmen – and a woman – for murderous crimes has received widespread public support. For victims like 22-year-old Fatou Barrow (not related to President Barrow), who was just five months old when her father was shot and killed, justice, at last, is on the horizon. But has it always been so?In this election investigation series, Malagen unravels how the pursuit for justice for Jammeh-era crimes has been a classic case of game of thrones, a story of politics of deceit, betrayal and ambition.Faced with what he admitted...

June 10, 2022Investigations, The Big Story
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Epidemic on Gambian roads

There is a silent epidemic in The Gambia. Road accidents are the 7th highest cause of death in the country and reportedly costs economic loss of over D2 billion every year. Unenviably, the Gambia is the world's 4th worst place to be on the road. Yet, as Chief Surgeon Marenah explains, 'we have one hospital, the EFSTH the trauma unit, which looks at all the serious accidents and injuries. And, there are only three native orthopaedic surgeons for a population of 2.5 million.In this data-driven visual feature story, which is part of our election reporting series, Malagen shines light on...

June 3, 2022Investigations, The Big Story
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