{"id":94991,"date":"2026-02-26T16:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:32:40","slug":"gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>The national youth president of the United Democratic Party, Hagi Suwaneh, has sharply criticized the administration of Adama Barrow, describing The Gambia\u2019s economic situation as \u201calarming\u201d and attributing the rising cost of living to entrenched corruption.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on Facebook, Mr. Suwaneh said many Gambians are struggling to afford basic necessities, arguing that everyday commodities have become increasingly inaccessible. Even staple foods such as fish, he said, are now beyond the reach of many households.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem isn\u2019t a lack of resources, but corruption,\u201d Mr. Suwaneh wrote. \u201cOfficials are living large, with luxury buildings and foreign properties, while the poor get poorer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He cited audit reports that he said revealed billions of dalasis unaccounted for, contending that public officials were enriching themselves as economic hardship deepened for ordinary citizens. According to Mr. Suwaneh, high-profile infrastructure ventures amount to distractions from more pressing governance concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re distracting us with white elephant projects, but we won\u2019t be fooled,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need accountability and transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Suwaneh also questioned how some officials with comparatively modest public salaries have been able to acquire high-value properties and other luxury assets in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose around President Barrow were renting a few years ago, but now they have luxury assets. How\u2019s that possible?\u201d he asked. \u201cIt\u2019s not from their salaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He accused the government of placing personal enrichment above the welfare of citizens and argued that corruption, rather than scarcity of national resources, is driving soaring market prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe markets are expensive because corruption is rampant, not because Gambia lacks resources,\u201d Mr. Suwaneh said. \u201cWe deserve better governance, transparency, and accountability. The cost of living is high, but the cost of corruption is crippling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Gambia<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The national youth president of the United Democratic Party, Hagi Suwaneh, has sharply criticized the administration of Adama Barrow, describing The Gambia\u2019s economic situation as \u201calarming\u201d and attributing the rising cost of living to entrenched corruption. In a statement posted on Facebook, Mr. Suwaneh said many Gambians are struggling to afford basic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-94991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. The national youth president ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. The national youth president ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T16:16:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T17:32:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T16:16:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T17:32:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\",\"name\":\"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T16:16:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T17:32:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"-article-header-tag\\\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. The national youth president ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh - Gambia","description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. The national youth president ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh","og_description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. The national youth president ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-02-26T16:16:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T17:32:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh","datePublished":"2026-02-26T16:16:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T17:32:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh"},"wordCount":311,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg","keywords":["Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh","name":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-26T16:16:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T17:32:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. The national youth president ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/02\/sm_1772126948.461276.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambias-current-situation-is-alarming-says-hagi-suwaneh#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cGambia\u2019S Current Situation is Alarming,\u201d Says Hagi Suwaneh"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}