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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 visit the town of Bakau.

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

Kebba Jeffang2024-02-15T18:35:37+00:00

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, 2023Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: Talib Bensouda is a rat with Lebanese blood

Kebba Jeffang2024-01-02T01:43:04+00:00

In a WhatsApp audio obtained by Malagen, politician Bakary Jaiteh, known as ‘Baxo’, has launched scathing attacks on the mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, Talib Ahmed Bensouda. The eleven-minute-long audio contains hateful comments. It has gone viral on various social media platforms.   

March 8, 2023Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: Imam Fatty attacks Ahmadis 

Kebba Jeffang2024-01-02T01:46:43+00:00

A prominent Gambian scholar and former imam of State House mosque has called on his followers to enroll for martial arts in the face of ‘imminent violent conflict’ with the minority Islamic religious group, the Ahmadis. 

June 6, 2022Kebba JeffangMedia Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: NPP National President incites other tribes against UDP, Mandinkas

Kebba Jeffang2024-01-02T01:52:50+00:00

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, 2021Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Media Monitoring
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Dangerous Speech Alert: ‘This Donkey’

Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:51:55+00:00

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, 2021Saikou JammehElection Hub, Media Monitoring
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Hate speech alert: Essa Faal is Ahmadiyya, Serahules should deny him vote

Saikou Jammeh2024-01-02T01:51:41+00:00

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, 2021Saikou JammehElection Hub, Media Monitoring
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Dangerous speech alert: UDP leader’s remarks towards Serahuli community

Kebba Jeffang2024-01-02T01:55:00+00:00

The leader of opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) Ousainou Darboe’s comments with respect to how the Serahule people allegedly voted in the 2016 presidential elections have been flagged as dangerous speech by Malagen media monitoring. Mr Darboe’s comments were made on October 17, 2021, during a political rally held in Basse Koba Kunda, in the Upper River Region (URR). The event was part of the party’s nationwide tour to popularise their 5-Point Agenda – a manifesto -  for the Dec. 4 presidential election. The Serahule or Soninke make up 9 percent of the country’s population. According to Darboe, they did not...

November 12, 2021Kebba JeffangElection Hub, Media Monitoring
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