Breaking Down the Audit Report: How IEC Potentially Misappropriated over 368m Dalasi

By Kaddy JawoThe recently published National Audit report, covering the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2023, found that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) may have misappropriated public funds totalling three hundred sixty-eight million, thirty-five thousand, eight hundred ninety-three dalasis and sixty-one bututs...

October 29, 2024Analysis, Feature, Media Monitoring, Uncategorized
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President’s UNGA Claim ‘no political prisoner since 2017’ is misleading

Claim: No political prisoner, journalist and human rights defender had been jailed since 2017Source: President Adama BarrowVerdict: MisleadingGambian President Adama Barrow claimed at the 79th UN General Assembly that there had been no jailing of political prisoners, including human rights defenders and journalists, in the...

September 27, 2024Factchecking, Uncategorized
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Factsheet: All You Need to Know as Michael Sang Correa’s Trial Begins Next Month in the US

Come September, Michael Sang Correa, one of the most prominent members of the former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh’s special assassin team ‘jungulars’ is set to appear before the US court in Colorado.Correa, now 45, was indicted by the US Justice Department on seven counts for...

August 22, 2024Election Hub, Factchecking, Media Monitoring, Uncategorized
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