Promise Tracker: How is Gambia Doing on Maternal Mortality Since 2017?
President Barrow told members of the media that his government is committed to addressing maternal mortality which he claims has reduced under his government. Our reporters tracked this promise detailed in the National Development Plan.
Promise Tracker: Checking President Barrow’s Promises to Fix Banjul Floods and Open Gutters
In a televised address at the annual Eid-ul Fitr, President Adama Barrow promised to fix the pumping station and a number of open gutters which he referred to as big holes across the city. How did contractors perform?
FactCheck: Who Owns the Former ACU-occupied Land Identified for a US$100 Million OIC Hotel?
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.
Promise Tracker: Has President Barrow established a Youth Development Fund and Entrepreneurship Programme?
Has President Barrow’s government met the National Development Plan’s target of investing in Youth Entrepreneurship?
FactSheet: What was in the Peace Agreement signed by the Six Gambian Presidential Candidates
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: Should Parliament Have a Say in ECOMIG’s Extension in The Gambia?
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.”
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