Gambia: The Hollow Echo of Democracy in Gambia’s Asset Heist –

By Dave Manneh

President Adama Barrow’s national address on 14 May 2025 offered a predictable, yet fundamentally dishonest, response to the burgeoning scandal surrounding the criminal disposal of Yahya Jammeh’s forfeited assets. Gambians both at home and abroad exchanged knowing looks and network-mediated eyerolls. Numerous analyses have correctly identified the chasm between Barrow’s platitudes of transparency and accountability, and the stark reality of systemic failures and a…