Dawda Baldeh

Decriminalizing FGM in The Gambia: The law, culture and rights of women Image Source- The Standard Newspaper, The Gambia

Decriminalizing FGM in The Gambia: The law, culture and rights of women

Dawda Baldeh March 18, 2024

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a deeply rooted cultural practice in The Gambia until it was officially...

False! Pictures of Ghana’s roads used to represent The Gambia Image source- Ghana’s Ministry of Roads

False! Pictures of Ghana’s roads used to represent The Gambia

Dawda Baldeh February 18, 2024

Claim: A Facebook user and a supporter of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), Babucarr Bahoum, has...

Democracy in The Gambia: An in-depth evaluation Picture of President Adama Barrow. Credit Al Jazeera

Democracy in The Gambia: An in-depth evaluation

Dawda Baldeh October 21, 2023

In this explainer, DUBAWA analyses The Gambia’s democratization from dictatorship to post-democracy. The Yahya Jammeh era in...

Six common diseases attributable to smoking and what The Gambia is doing about it

Dawda Baldeh March 14, 2023

Smoking, especially tobacco smoking, is a harmful practice that can cause several diseases, such as cancer, heart...

Barrow’s partisan Commission of Inquiry and matters arising

Dawda Baldeh March 7, 2023

President Adama Barrow, on Friday, February 24, 2023, swore in a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the...

Explainer: Things you should know about ballot boxes and ballot tokens in The Gambia

Dawda Baldeh February 23, 2023

The Gambia is a small country in West Africa with a unique voting system using marble tokens...

‘Punching doctor’ in ‘Ndemban Hospital’ case not pardoned by Health Minister

Dawda Baldeh February 15, 2023

Claim: Dr Samateh and his team have decided to pardon ‘The Ndemban Clinic doctor’ who was caught...

Explainer: Common electoral offences you should know ahead of local government elections

Dawda Baldeh February 13, 2023

Gambians go to the polls to vote for councillors, mayors, and chairpersons on April 15 and May...

Police officer, not imposter, caught stealing phone in N’Yofelleh village

Dawda Baldeh February 10, 2023

Claim: Modou Mbowe, the primary suspect of phone theft in N’Yofelleh village, is a police officer. Verdict:...

Explainer: Does the Kankurang masquerade belong to only the Mandinka tribe in The Gambia, and do women wear the costume?

Dawda Baldeh February 6, 2023

The Kankurang masquerade is one of the famous cultural practices observed by many in The Gambia. During...

Decriminalizing FGM in The Gambia: The law, culture and rights of women

False! Pictures of Ghana’s roads used to represent The Gambia

Democracy in The Gambia: An in-depth evaluation

Six common diseases attributable to smoking and what The Gambia is doing about it

Barrow’s partisan Commission of Inquiry and matters arising

Explainer: Things you should know about ballot boxes and ballot tokens in The Gambia

‘Punching doctor’ in ‘Ndemban Hospital’ case not pardoned by Health Minister

Explainer: Common electoral offences you should know ahead of local government elections

Police officer, not imposter, caught stealing phone in N’Yofelleh village

Explainer: Does the Kankurang masquerade belong to only the Mandinka tribe in The Gambia, and do women wear the costume?

Economy

Haske mai kama da makami mai linzami da aka gani a Sokoto da Kebbi na iya kasancewa tauraro mai wutsiya

Misleading! Liberia’s national legislature’s budget is not more than the country’s security apparatus bill

Misleading! Images of scattered food, not from Liberia

Claim coconut water can treat fever in children, misleading