The Gambia’s finance minister, Hon. Seedy Keita, informed Parliament that the government under-collected by over D3.3 billion in non-tax revenue in 2025, representing over 42% of the overall non-tax revenue target. Our data-driven feature publication analyses the total revenue collected during President Adama Barrow’s nine years in office.

More in this budget update.

Back in March 2022, Momodou Sabally’s application to contest as the Busumbala parliamentarian for the UDP was disqualified by an IEC returning officer based on his Janneh Commission ban.

This lost report captures the victim center and the National Human Rights Commission's condemnation of police brutality that followed and UDP leader Darboe’s condemnation of the IEC’s decision.

Sabally vowed to defiantly oppose the Barrow government but eventually succumbed to joining the NPP after the government rescinded his Janneh Commission ban from public office.

More in this report.

The Gambia’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of four civil society advocates, holding that the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Hon. Seedy S. Keita, violated the 1997 Constitution by tabling the 2025 National Budget late.

More in this landmark case which Askanwi has been following from the start.

This publication, first released in March 2022, examines victims’ concerns over the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission’s (TRRC) recommendation to grant amnesty to Sana Sabally, who is widely regarded as a victim-perpetrator due to both the human rights abuses he admitted committing and the violations he suffered.

Published before the government’s decision to reject the TRRC’s amnesty recommendation for Sabally, the article explores the complex and nuanced question of how victim-perpetrators should be treated within transitional justice processes.

Read more in this previously lost article.

In September 2017, months after President Adama Barrow took office, an Israeli company, International Medical Services (IMS), presented plans to build a $220 million state-of-the-art hospital aimed at turning The Gambia into a medical tourism hub.

Our investigation examined the background of the IMS delegation and the risks associated with medical tourism. While the industry has potential benefits, global health bodies including the WHO and the Royal Society of Medicine warn it can fuel organ trafficking, citing the Philippines as a cautionary example.

This revived report from Gainako’s lost publications revisits those concerns and their relevance today.

Nenneh Cheyassin, a Gambian opposition figure, has claimed that 300 out of every 1,000 babies born in The Gambia die due to inadequate medical facilities. The statement, made in a viral video clip, has sparked widespread public concern and debate on social media. A review of available data from UNICEF and local health research institutions shows that the claim significantly misrepresents official and peer-reviewed mortality statistics. More in the FactCheck.

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.