Dangerous speech alert: Barrow threatens non­­-partisan public servants, likens them to pest

In the just concluded meet-the-people tour, the Gambian leader Adama Barrow has threatened to take a non-disclosed action against public officers who are claimed to be non-partisan in government. He likened them to pests. His comments constitute dangerous speech.  Context  The Gambian president conducts a constitutionally mandated tour at least twice every year. The tour is meant to see first-hand the situation across the country and engage with the people on government policies and programmes.  Section 222(15) of the 1997 Constitution gives the President of The Gambia the constitutional mandate to “… undertake a nation-wide tour at least twice a year in order...

December 13, 2023Media Monitoring
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Malagen publishes media monitoring report on hate speech in Gambian elections

The media monitoring report on hate speech, launched in June 22, provides analysis of hate speech incidents that were flagged and countered as part of the media monitoring exercise carried out by Malagen during the 2021-2023 electoral cycle, covering a period of 20 months. Media-monitoring-report-on-hate-speech-in-Gambian-elections Download

June 27, 2023Media Monitoring
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Dangerous speech alert: UDP supporter makes inciteful comments, calls for First Lady to be attacked and killed…

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 visit the town of Bakau.

May 19, 2023Election Hub, Factchecking, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: Borry Colley calls on Jolas to vote for Bakary Badjie, attacks Talib 

In a video clip circulating on major social media platforms, including Facebook and several online news media platforms, the former ruling APRC parliamentarian Borry Colley has openly and publicly called on his fellow ethnic Jolas to rally behind a fellow Jola, Bakary Badjie in the mayoral contest for Kanifing Municipality. He has also attacked Badjie’s main rival, the incumbent of KMC, Talib Bensouda, as ‘someone from Lebanon’. His comments have been flagged as hate speech.  

May 19, 2023Election Hub, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: NPP National President incites other tribes against UDP, Mandinkas

The National President of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), Dembo Bojang, commonly called Dembo ‘By Force’ has made comments flagged as hate speech by Malagen media monitoring desk. The veteran politician was speaking at the NPP-led alliance rally in Bakau on Monday, November 29th as President Adama Barrow continues his election campaign tour for his re-election. In his speech, he called on other tribes to gang up to prevent the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) from winning in the December 4th presidential election.  Mr. Bojang who is the religious adviser to the president said all ethnic groups other than Mandinkas are at risk...

December 1, 2021Election Hub, Media Monitoring
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Dangerous Speech Alert: ‘This Donkey’

The former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh, now exiled in Equatorial Guinea since his election defeat in 2016 has recently addressed a meeting via internet call conducted at a Kombo South settlement in Berending where he had referred to his successor Adama Barrow as a donkey, a comment flagged by Malagen media monitoring as dangerous speech.  As The Gambia goes to polls to elect a president on December 4, Jammeh’s breakaway faction of the officially recognised Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has joined the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), led by Mama Kandeh- his former National Assembly Member. He has since been...

November 28, 2021Election Hub, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: Essa Faal is Ahmadiyya, Serahules should deny him vote

The comments made by the founder of the Gambia Action Party (GAP) Musa Yali Batchilly towards the independent candidate Essa Mbye Faal have been flagged as hate speech by the Malagen media monitoring desk. Speaking at an NPP political rally, he labeled Faal as Ahmadis, declared him an enemy of Prophet Muhammed and called on his fellow Serahule tribes’ people to deny him their vote. Context Musa Yali Batchilly is the founder of one of the many new political parties, the Gambia Action Party (GAP). He holds the title of party leader and Secretary General. However, he has been suspended from the party earlier...

November 20, 2021Election Hub, Media Monitoring
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