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.

For generations, the fertile banks of the Kotu Stream have provided food and income for nearby communities. Now, as the government prepares to restore the degraded waterway under the WACA project, long-time gardeners worry they may be forced off land they have depended on for years. More in this feature report.

Millions of dalasis allocated to compensate victims of President Jammeh’s abuses have yet to reach them, even as some die from treatable health conditions. At the same time, the fate of money generated from the sale of Mr Jammeh’s assets remains shrouded in mystery, including the multi-million dollar U.S. mansion. More in this investigation.

Corruption, political interference and sheer incompetence have crippled a $7 million African Development Bank–funded agriculture project intended to boost food security in The Gambia, leaving once-productive rice fields in Limbambulu devastated and farmers worse off than before. More in the feature report.

The High Court has ruled in favour of the third, fourth, and fifth defendants in the ongoing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) case, granting their motion to call an additional witness and accepting the witness statement as properly filed. Justice Ebrima Jaiteh delivered the ruling on Thursday, 27th November 2025. More in this report.

Claim: "Gambia ranks as one of twenty poorest countries in the world. In the poorest continent in the world, The Gambia ranks amongst the ten poorest countries in Africa. Out of 195 countries, Gambia is 170th worst as far as the human development index is concerned.”

Source: Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of Kanifing Municipality

Verdict: MIXTURE (of accurate and inaccurate claims)

Read more in the feature publication.

A disagreement has erupted between the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA), Foroyaa Newspaper, and renowned civil society advocate Mr. Madi Jobarteh, resulting in claims and counterclaims that 80% of The Gambia’s debt is from the previous administration of President Yahya Jammeh. Find out exactly what the Finance Minister stated on the Debt Service.

During a parliamentary engagement, Finance Minister Hon. Seedy S. Keita told the National Assembly Member that “Agriculture attracts an increase of 84% in 2026 from 2025, the largest allocation in the last ten years.” Our reporter looked at the data to ascertain if the Finance Minister’s claims are accurate.

More in the feature report.

The Minister for Communications and Digital Economy, Hon. Jabbie, claimed that The Gambia did not collect D10 billion in 2022 and that tax revenue increased to D20.8 billion by 2024.

Our reporter investigates these claims using data from the Ministry of Finance, Gambia Revenue Authority and Gambia Bureau of Statistics.

Find out more in this feature publication.