FactChecks

FactChecks are articles published verifying if a certain claim, statement or promise made by people in authority are factual or not. This includes FactChecking if taxes increased in 2024 as an example.

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FactCheck: Have Taxes Increased Under GRA in 2024?
FactCheck, Business Economy, GRA, Revenue
FactCheck: Have Taxes Increased Under GRA in 2024?
FactCheck, Business Economy, GRA, Revenue

The GRA Commissioner General claimed that he did not observe any tax increases under his institution responsible for collecting taxes in the country. This FactCheck which includes a video proves otherwise.

FactCheck, Business Economy, GRA, Revenue
FactCheck: Was the Judiciary Audited Since Decentralization in 2008?
FactCheck, Parliament, Business Economy, Judiciary, Audit
FactCheck: Was the Judiciary Audited Since Decentralization in 2008?
FactCheck, Parliament, Business Economy, Judiciary, Audit

Since the exchange of press releases between the Judiciary, the National Assembly’s Finance and Public Accounts Committee and the National Audit Office earlier in April 2024, the question remained unanswered as to when the Judiciary was last audited. This article aims to verify the last time the Judiciary was audited.

FactCheck, Parliament, Business Economy, Judiciary, Audit
FactCheck: Did the Judiciary Fail to Attend a Scheduled National Assembly Scrutiny?
FactCheck, Parliament, Business Economy, Judiciary, Audit
FactCheck: Did the Judiciary Fail to Attend a Scheduled National Assembly Scrutiny?
FactCheck, Parliament, Business Economy, Judiciary, Audit

The Gambia’s Judiciary Service and the National Assembly’s Finance and Public Accounts Committee were at loggerheads over the submission of the Judiciary’s audited accounts after a scheduled April 18, 2024 didn’t hold. This article seeks to verify why the meeting did not hold.

FactCheck, Parliament, Business Economy, Judiciary, Audit
FactCheck Update: MoFEA Confirms Darboe’s D110 Billion Public Debt Concern
FactCheck, Business Economy, Debt, Ousainu Darboe, UDP, President Adama Barrow
FactCheck Update: MoFEA Confirms Darboe’s D110 Billion Public Debt Concern
FactCheck, Business Economy, Debt, Ousainu Darboe, UDP, President Adama Barrow

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs held a press conference on Friday 12th April 2024 confirming that the National Debt increased to D110.6 billion. This confirms that a claim made earlier in 2024 by the leader of the country’s biggest opposition party, Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party, that Gambia’s debt has increased under the Barrow administration.

FactCheck, Business Economy, Debt, Ousainu Darboe, UDP, President Adama Barrow
FactCheck: Who Owns the Former ACU-occupied Land Identified for a US$100 Million OIC Hotel?
FactCheck, Investigation, Judiciary, OIC, Legal
FactCheck: Who Owns the Former ACU-occupied Land Identified for a US$100 Million OIC Hotel?
FactCheck, Investigation, Judiciary, OIC, Legal

The Gambia Government and a charitable organisation named Global HOMM have been locked in a four-year legal dispute over a property in Bijilo previously occupied by the Anti-Crime Unit.

FactCheck, Investigation, Judiciary, OIC, Legal

FactSheets

FactSheets are articles published including selected facts to clarify a particular issue such as how Parliamentarians voted on a motion, how accidents are claiming lives and much more.

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Explainer: How the 2024 Draft Constitution Varies from the 2020 Draft
Draft Constitution, Explainer, Human Rights, Politics
Explainer: How the 2024 Draft Constitution Varies from the 2020 Draft
Draft Constitution, Explainer, Human Rights, Politics

This explainer identifies the key changes between the 2020 Draft Constitution and the 2024 Draft Constitution.

Draft Constitution, Explainer, Human Rights, Politics
FactSheet: Almost Half of Gambia’s Population Live in the West Coast
FactSheet, Brikama, Census, Demographics, Population
FactSheet: Almost Half of Gambia’s Population Live in the West Coast
FactSheet, Brikama, Census, Demographics, Population

This FactSheet focuses on the 2024 Population Census and highlights some of the changes in population demographics from the 2013 Census. It highlights that almost half of the population resides in Brikama (WCR) and that Banjul is the only region with a declining population.

FactSheet, Brikama, Census, Demographics, Population
Explainer: The Commonwealth Secretary General Race & Why Only African Candidates?
Explainer, Commonwealth, Secretary General, Elections
Explainer: The Commonwealth Secretary General Race & Why Only African Candidates?
Explainer, Commonwealth, Secretary General, Elections

This Explainer is on the upcoming Commonwealth Secretary General Elections scheduled for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on 21st to 27th October 2024.

Explainer, Commonwealth, Secretary General, Elections
Explainer: Why The Gambia Gov’t Rejected Only One Amnesty Application Recommended by the TRRC?
Transitional Justice, Amnesty, Human Rights, Universal Jurisdication, Explainer
Explainer: Why The Gambia Gov’t Rejected Only One Amnesty Application Recommended by the TRRC?
Transitional Justice, Amnesty, Human Rights, Universal Jurisdication, Explainer

This publication reviews the government's decision made after it received recommendations for Amnesty from the TRRC resulting in the granting of four Amnesty Applications and rejection of one.

Transitional Justice, Amnesty, Human Rights, Universal Jurisdication, Explainer
FactSheet: How Gambian MPs Voted on Report Proposing FGM/C Ban be Maintained
FactSheet, Parliament, Human Rights, FGMC
FactSheet: How Gambian MPs Voted on Report Proposing FGM/C Ban be Maintained
FactSheet, Parliament, Human Rights, FGMC

This factsheet highlights how members of the sixth legislature voted on the Parliamentary Report prepared by the Joint Committee on Bill to repeal the ban on Female Genital Mutilation / Circumcision.

FactSheet, Parliament, Human Rights, FGMC
FactSheet: Ousman Sonko’s Swiss Justice Cost Over D268.8 Million
FactSheet, Transitional Justice, Ousman Sonko, Universal Jurisdication, Switzerland
FactSheet: Ousman Sonko’s Swiss Justice Cost Over D268.8 Million
FactSheet, Transitional Justice, Ousman Sonko, Universal Jurisdication, Switzerland

A Swiss Court sentenced former Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko, to 20 years in prison on 15th May 2024 making him the most high-profile conviction of a senior government official under Universal Jurisdiction in Europe.

FactSheet, Transitional Justice, Ousman Sonko, Universal Jurisdication, Switzerland
FactSheet: Almost 1, 000 People in Gambia Killed in Road Accidents in 6 Years
FactSheet, Transportation, Accidents, Health
FactSheet: Almost 1, 000 People in Gambia Killed in Road Accidents in 6 Years
FactSheet, Transportation, Accidents, Health

Road traffic accidents in The Gambia have been a cause for concern with the new six lane Bertil Harding Highway identified as one of the most dangerous routes, with 102 accidents reported as of January 2024.

FactSheet, Transportation, Accidents, Health
FactSheet: What was in the Peace Agreement signed by the Six Gambian Presidential Candidates
FactSheet, Elections
FactSheet: What was in the Peace Agreement signed by the Six Gambian Presidential Candidates
FactSheet, Elections

Ahead of Gambia’s 2021 residential election, President Adama Barrow and the five other contesting candidates signed a code of conduct to guide their campaigns and address eventualities after the polls.

FactSheet, Elections
FactSheet: Should Parliament Have a Say in ECOMIG’s Extension in The Gambia?
FactSheet, Security, ECOWAS, ECOMIG, Parliament
FactSheet: Should Parliament Have a Say in ECOMIG’s Extension in The Gambia?
FactSheet, Security, ECOWAS, ECOMIG, Parliament

In a 2021 State of Affairs interview conducted by QTV’s Alieu Ceesay, President Adama Barrow declared that the extension of the ECOMIG Forces mandate in the Gambia “is about Executive decision, this is not about National Assembly.”

FactSheet, Security, ECOWAS, ECOMIG, Parliament

Videos

FactCheck: Have Taxes Increased Under GRA in 2024?

GRA Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe claimed that his office did not observe any tax increments for the year 2024. Our reporter investigated his claims to verify if they were true or not.