As a newsroom that closely monitors Diaspora remittances, our reporter spotted an error in the Central Bank of the Gambia’s latest announcement that remittances increased by US$54m from 2024 to 2025.

Using the CBG data warehouse data, our reporter verified that remittances increased by over US$96m, which is US$42m more than announced.

This translates to a hugely significant difference of over D3bn. More in this FactCheck.

Back in 2024, the ferry situation was so dire that advocates were arrested for protesting against the poor handling of the ferries, which resulted in passengers being left with no option but to use smaller boats, which pose significant safety risks.

Askanwi has been tracking the government’s promises to address the ferry, with the latest failed promise being the Damen Shipyard Ferry, which should have been in Banjul by December 2025.

More in this promise tracker.

As inflation remains above target and dependence on imports deepens, The Gambia continues to struggle with the high cost of goods, particularly for staple commodities like rice, sugar, and flour. To curb this, the Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG), Buha Saidy, has recommended more investment in domestic food production as a key route to price stability. Nevertheless, persistent budget execution gaps, issues of transparency, and longstanding weaknesses in the agricultural sector raise doubts about whether this strategy can achieve the desired results. More in this feature publication.

The Gambia’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) issued a list of 90 adversely mentioned persons in the Truth, Reconcilliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in July 2022. The TRRC is a commission enacted by the National Assembly in 2017 to investigate the human rights violations that occurred under the leadership of former President Jammeh from 1994 to 2016. More in this feature publication.

The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Hon. Mambury Njie, informed members of the National Assembly’s Special Committee that the government received one billion dalasis in its accounts on 20th April 2020. The Minister explained that the “very soft loan from the IMF has now landed in our account. It’s a facility that they [IMF] normally provide. It’s about one billion dalasis.” More in this feature report.

The Minister for Communications and Digital Economy, Hon. Lamin Jabbie, has informed lawmakers that 80% of Gamcel shares will be sold to Ycell under a proposed public-private partnership (PPP) agreement with the Government.

More in this feature publication, which details YCell’s lack of expertise compared to its partners and their lofty ambitions to invest D6.7 billion in Gamcel.

The Gambia’s telecoms regulator, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), is set to suspend the current D50 per 1GB data price floor and introduce a D75 per 1GB price ceiling from January 2026, shifting the sector to a cost-based pricing regime. More in the feature publication.

Finance Minister Seedy Keita informed Parliamentarians that a record budget deficit of D7 billion was observed from the first nine months of 2025. Our budget researchers have ascertained that this has broken all records set for budget deficits since President Barrow took over from former President Jammeh in 2017. More in our feature publication interrogating the actual and approved budget deficit from 2017 to date.

During the widely watched Good Morning Show on the State Broadcaster, GRTS TV, on 1st December 2025, the Minister for Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, claimed that President Adama Barrow’s government has disbursed over D90 million to different women via the Women’s Empowerment Fund (WEF). Our reporter contacted Dr Ceesay, the WEF and conducted budget research to verify this claim. More in this FactCheck.

After years of watching the Kotu Stream decline under pollution, encroachment, and seasonal flooding, residents of Dippa Kunda say they are now looking forward to meaningful change as a World Bank-funded project to restore the stream is underway. More in the feature story.