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

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 Talibeh Hydara

Gambian lawmakers are going to hold an extraordinary session on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss

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

April 30, 2025May 7, 2025 Mustapha K. Darboe

After a 22-year rule of his poor, indebted country, Yahya Jammeh reluctantly went into self-imposed

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The opaque mining deal gambling with Gambia’s future 

April 30, 2025May 22, 2025 Talibeh Hydara

Hunting for black sand has been damaging The Gambia’s coastal communities for decades. A state

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

April 30, 2025May 2, 2025 Editor

Billions of dollars in gold are being smuggled out of distressed parts of Africa, as

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

March 4, 2025April 15, 2025 Josef Skrdlik

Internal records show that the state-owned printing company – Gambia Printing and Publishing Corporation –

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

February 7, 2025April 19, 2025 Mustapha K. Darboe

In the last decade, irregular migration, locally called ‘backway’, has led tens of thousands of

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Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven

November 14, 2024April 15, 2025 Mustapha K. Darboe

A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it

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

September 8, 2024April 9, 2025 Editor

In order to produce food for livestock, including pigs in China, Vietnam and a number

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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 Mustapha K. Darboe

A con artist in philanthropic clothing, Adam Christopher Whittington— a former soldier in the Australian

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

July 3, 2024October 3, 2024 Editor

A 40ft container of medical items that was  donated to the Ministry of Health has

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