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Investigation News

The Republic’s exposé on sale of Jammeh’s assets sparks outrage, prompts parliament to hold extraordinary session 

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

Gambian lawmakers are going to hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a motion to establish a parliamentary inquiry into the controversial

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The assets of Gambia’s former dictator go for a song

April 30, 2025May 7, 2025

After a 22-year rule of his poor, indebted country, Yahya Jammeh reluctantly went into self-imposed exile to Equatorial Guinea, following a shocking election defeat to

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Investigation

The opaque mining deal gambling with Gambia’s future 

April 30, 2025May 22, 2025

Hunting for black sand has been damaging The Gambia’s coastal communities for decades. A state inquiry established by President Adama Barrow in 2017— Janneh Commission—

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Civilians, gov’ts on the losing end as gold smuggling booms in Africa

April 30, 2025May 2, 2025

Billions of dollars in gold are being smuggled out of distressed parts of Africa, as record demand drives production and lax regulatory frameworks encourage cross-border

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Alleged fraud, nepotism and failed contracts sink Gambia’s state-owned printer

March 4, 2025April 15, 2025

Internal records show that the state-owned printing company – Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation – is on its knees. Amid salary delays and allegations of

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Investigation

Reintegration or return to despair? How IOM in Gambia fails ‘backway’ returnees

February 7, 2025April 19, 2025

In the last decade, irregular migration, locally called ‘backway’, has led tens of thousands of young Gambians to leave the country for Europe, either in

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Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven

November 14, 2024April 15, 2025

A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it there, and sent the money to the UAE, but the

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How exporting fish meal starves source countries for global profit despite attendant risks to environment 

September 8, 2024April 9, 2025

In order to produce food for livestock, including pigs in China, Vietnam and a number of other countries, the largely Chinese-owned fish meal and fish

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Investigation

Fake crimes, staged rescues: Story of a con artist who ‘lavishes himself’ with money raised in the name of a Gambian child

July 16, 2024April 15, 2025

A con artist in philanthropic clothing, Adam Christopher Whittington— a former soldier in the Australian army and an officer in the British Metropolitan Police—  has

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Investigation News

Medical items donated to health ministry “auctioned to FaBB” for less than 1% of the value 

July 3, 2024October 3, 2024

A 40ft container of medical items that was  donated to the Ministry of Health has been ‘sold’ to the foundation that was established by the

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Recent Posts

  • Gambia parliament selects Special Committee to probe into sale of ex-president Jammeh’s assets
  • The Republic’s exposé on sale of Jammeh’s assets sparks outrage, prompts parliament to hold extraordinary session 
  • Rejoinder to the Article published by The Republic on 1 May 2025 titled “The Assets of Gambia’s former dictator go for a song”
  • The assets of Gambia’s former dictator go for a song

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