Three claims from Cabinet Ministers Dr Ceesay and Dr Samateh that The Gambia’s Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is on a steady decline have been debunked after the health minister corrected MMR data submitted to Parliament. Askanwi Media's investigation into the government’s claims of a sustained decline in MMR in late 2025 has resulted in a parliamentary inquiry after our request for information was ignored completely.

More in this investigation.

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.

As more than 700 employees of Gamtel and Gamcel brace for redundancy under a World Bank-backed reform plan, newly obtained documents reveal over D13.4 million in unremitted staff contributions to the Gamtel Credit Union—exposing deep financial irregularities within the state-run telecom giants. The missing funds, deducted from employee salaries but never transferred, have fueled growing outrage among workers already facing delayed pay and uncertain futures. More in the report.

The Gambia’s .GM domain name is currently under foreign control, and the Gambia government has outlined plans to take control of it to re-locate it in the country. However, it’s not a given that the country’s domain name should be under government control. More in this feature report.

This feature publication highlights the experiences of plaintiffs who filed cases at the ECOWAS Court of Justice and what the ECOWAS Court is doing to enhance access to justice. The story highlights cases of enforced disappearances and violations of journalists including torture and unlawful imprisonment using laws that are still in place in The Gambia.

The GAF has summoned the witnesses to the shooting which occurred on 26th August 2024 in an attempt to launch an investigation into the incident which left one Stanislas Gomez with a bullet still lodged in his thigh. Meanwhile, the GAF has refused to cooperate with the NHRC to allow them to interview members of the State Guard Battalion involved in the shooting incident.

Exclusive interview with a GAF shooting victim one month after their shooting.

President Adama Barrow is expected to lay the foundation stone for a US$100 Million Hotel to be built for the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) Summit scheduled to be held in The Gambia. According to the OIC Gambia CEO and the Branding and Communications Lead, the Gambia Government will only benefit from a 10% share of the proceeds of the Hotel.

The Gambia Government and a charitable organisation named Global HOMM have been locked in a four-year legal dispute over a property in Bijilo previously occupied by the Anti-Crime Unit.