During the recently concluded 15^th Summit for the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) held in The Gambia from 4^th to 5^th of May 2024, there were mixed messages published locally and internationally about the number of Luxury Vehicles purchased for the Summit.

In July 2024, two of the country’s leading newspapers reported or published articles stating that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rejected a partnership to establish a special tribunal in The Gambia to try perpetrators identified in the Truth, Reparations and Reconciliation Commission (TRRC).

The headlines are MISLEADING.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This publication factchecks the Minister for Justice’s statements that the disputed land is still subject to a court order and that the land belonged to the state.