The special tribunal explained as Jammeh’s victims move closer to justice

By Kaddy Jawo The 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 of women to rape and other forms of sexual violence. Since Jammeh's fall in December 2016, he has been in exile in Equatorial Guinea. Meanwhile, the succeeding administration and human rights defenders worldwide continue to work tirelessly to hold him accountable. Despite frustrations and scepticism about whether justice will ever be served, the approval of the...

December 25, 2024Feature, Indepth Reporting, Investigations, News in Graphs
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Malagen holds launch event

The objective of Malagen launch is to build public awareness of our brand, present a case for our mission, and showcase our work with a view to building public support and trust for investigative journalism in the country. The event gathered an audience of more than 200 people drawn from diverse professional backgrounds, including government, civil society, journalism, academia, diplomatic missions, multinational organisations, human rights groups and political parties Read more HERE

May 30, 2023Indepth Reporting, The Big Story
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‘Decoding’ COVID-19: Gambia’s success in tracking mutations of the virus

By December last year, The Gambia has uploaded 430 sequenced genomes of COVID-19 on the global database compiled by GISAID Initiative, ranking 6th in the world for percentage of positive samples sequenced, according to a Washington Post article. By the beginning of March 2021, the country had sequenced 1000 genomes or 20% of its positive samples, said Abdul Karim Sesay, a Genomics Lab Manager at Medical Research Council at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Gambia. 

April 22, 2021Current Affairs, Indepth Reporting
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Yankuba Touray’s murder conviction raises hope for justice for Jammeh-era crimes

For the family of Ousman Koro Ceesay, justice was done on July 14 this year when the High Court in Banjul handed a former government minister the death sentence for his role in the murder of his colleague. The ruling brought a measure of closure to the mystery that for 26 years surrounded the death of the former Finance minister. Ousman Koro’s charred remains were found in his burnt car, few hours after he saw off then junta chairman, Yahya Jammeh, at the airport. Some members of the junta, including Touray, have long been reported to have been behind the assassination. With...

April 1, 2021Analysis, Indepth Reporting
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Decline in catches as Gambia grapples with illegal fishing

The fisheries sector has also seen significantly dwindling earnings for fishermen and traders.  “There is no fish in the waters…,” he said. “We used to catch up to 90 trays (a tray carries 50kg of fish) of sardinella a day and now we barely get 5 trays a day.” Touray owns a boat since 2009. “Our catches used to be good,” said Eliman Jammeh, a father of 4, who owns two boats operating in Gunjur— a coastal fishing community an hour drive from Banjul. Jammeh started going to sea in 1988. “On a good day before—say early 2000s— one can catch up to...

November 22, 2020Analysis, Indepth Reporting
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