By Kaddy JawoThe regional leadership of ECOWAS has approved a special tribunal, bringing hope for justice to more than 200 individuals confirmed to have been murdered by the repressive regime of Yahya Jammeh.In addition to extrajudicial killings, the regime systematically tortured critics and subjected dozens...
By Kaddy JawoThe recently published National Audit report, covering the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2023, found that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) may have misappropriated public funds totalling three hundred sixty-eight million, thirty-five thousand, eight hundred ninety-three dalasis and sixty-one bututs...
The former interior minister Sonko goes on trial in Switzerland battling charges of crimes against humanity. The trial is on its fourth day and two witnesses have so far testified against Sonko: a serving military officer Lt. Col. Bunja Darboe tortured at the NIA in...
Picture Source: AFPDawda Nyassi was a former fighter in the Liberian civil war. He was believed to have been affiliated with Kukoi, a socialist “quack” revolutionary who seized power for about 2 weeks, in The Gambia in 1981. Nyassi would spend a few years...
Gambia’s Truth Commission has wrapped up its last activities. On March 16, the Commission submitted its final decision on 25 amnesty applications received. Controversy erupts over recommendation of amnesty for Sanna Sabally, a former vice chairman of the military junta that took over power in...
Yahya Jammeh— living in exile in Equatorial Guinea since 2017—has rule the small country with an iron fist. He stands accused on several human rights violations including murder of political opponents, journalists and rape. For several years, including for a decade as a minister—from 2006...
A cabinet minister and security chief are among nearly a dozen public officials who face risk of ban from holding public office. Some may at the same time be subjected to criminal prosecution.This is a punishment proposed to be imposed on them by the Truth,...
On paper, President Adama Barrow is the candidate to beat. He has consistently led in the polls. He enjoys the support of a grand coalition; one bigger than the group that backed him to victory five years ago, at least in terms of the number...
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