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Byline: Mariam Sankanu After eight years of exile Bora Colley, a former 'Jungler' member of President Yahya Jammeh's hit squad, last month turned himself in to the Gambia Armed Forces. [...]

Byline: Hatab Nyang The Gambia Armed Forces have confirmed that a former Brigadier General, who left the Gambia Armed Forces following the departure of Yahya Jammeh from the shores of [...]

The Gambian government has refuted claims that President Adama Barrow has communicated with former President Yahya Jammeh, who is currently in exile. Responding to allegations made by Senegalese journalist Pape [...]

Byline: Mariam Sankanu Bellinzona -- Victims have expressed joy and frustration at the guilty verdict handed to Ousman Sonko, Gambia's former interior minister, in his trial for crimes against humanity [...]

Byline: Sanna Camara in Switzerland The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland, sitting in the Ticino region of Bellinzona, will today pass the verdict on the seven years' case of former [...]

Geneva -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: A Swiss court's conviction of the former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity is monumental for [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-January 9, 2024-: Gambia/Switzerland: Ousman Sonko must face justice for crimes against humanity (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:08012024 Ahead of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of Gambia, [...]

Byline: New Narratives Mr Sonko faces charges of murder, rape, false imprisonment, torture, among others. Ousman Sonko, a 54-year-old former interior minister of the Gambia, goes on trial for crimes [...]

Ahead of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of Gambia, before the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, for crimes against humanity allegedly committed between 2000 and 2016 [...]

Byline: Sanna Camara A Gambian survivor of multiple rapes is among three witnesses who will this week take a stable against former Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko in Switzerland. She is [...]

Former interior minister Ousman Sonko standing trial on charges of involvement in killings, rape and torture during Jammeh presidency Commenting on the trial of Gambia's former interior minister Ousman Sonko [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: 1. Who is Bai L. and what are the charges against him? Bai L. is a 48-year-old [...]

Byline: Nick Roll Contributor Abstract: A 'child-friendly' report in Gambia gets to the heart of a universal truth: To avoid future atrocities, past ones must be remembered. At first, the [...]

Byline: Mariam Sankanu Banjul -- On May 12, the Gambian president Adama Barrow has issued an implementation plan of the 2021 recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. He [...]

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Republic of The Gambia to pay a total of 110,000 US dollars to the daughter of a Gambian citizen and critique of [...]

Byline: Pa Modou Cham In the first republic, The Gambia was known for its respect for the rule of law, human rights and the promotion of media freedom and independence. [...]

Byline: Arfang M.S. Camara Wrestler Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia Police Force on Sunday defeated Leket Bu Barra through referee's warnings (2-1) during a combat held at the Serrekunda West [...]

Byline: Mariama Marong Essa Sowe, a policeman working at the Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force on Tuesday, 14 March gave evidence in the sedition trial involving one Omar [...]

From the look of things, slowly but surely there are indications to believe that ex President Yahya Jammeh's days as a free man, are numbered. In yesterday's edition of The [...]

Byline: Alhagie Mbye International human right institutions around the world have commended the Swiss authorities for starting prosecution proceedings against Ousman Sonko, ex- Gambian Interior Minister under the former dictator, [...]

Byline: Mariama Marong Omar Kujabi, alias Baitullah Junior, a well known social media commentator facing sedition and four (4) other criminal charges has on Monday, 13 March denied culpability by [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-January 19, 2023-: Germany/Gambia: Migrant Massacre Survivor to Testify (C)1994-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:19012023 BERLIN, Germany -- A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants [...]

Jambur, the Gambia -- 'Those perpetrators are still moving around.' Last May, the Gambia's government vowed to implement the recommendations of a reconciliation commission set up to address human rights [...]

Berlin -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 by a paramilitary [...]

Momodou Sabally was arrested after Gambia's government said it had thwarted a coup. He was minister under strongman Yahya Jammeh, who ruled for 22 years. The Gambian government has released [...]

Hon. Madi MK Ceesay has said in an interview with The Point that former president Yahya Jammeh should be tried in Ghana owing to allegations of killing some 44 Ghanaians [...]

Byline: Alagie Saidy-Barrow From the former Director of Research and Investigations of the Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) comes a behind-the-scenes narrative of investigating twenty-two years of human [...]

Byline: Ismaila Sonko Dawda A. Jallow, the attorney general and minister for Justice has told lawmakers that over one billion dalasis was recovered after selling 44 assets belonging to former [...]

Byline: Ali Jaw The government of The Gambia has made it outright that former President Jammeh cannot benefit from the immunity provisions of the constitution of The Gambia for the [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-June 20, 2022-: Building peace: Plotting a route towards democracy in The Gambia (C)1994-2022 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:19062022 After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards [...]

Byline: Ali Jaw Following evidences received by the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), concerning the Gambia Prison Services and an actual visit held by the Commission to prison facilities [...]

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in its Investigative Report and Recommendations to the Government of the Gambia, found that former President Yahya Jammeh interfered and undermined the independent [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards democracy and respect for human rights, [...]

Byline: Mustapha Jobarteh The country has embraced democracy, but crime and communal clashes threaten gains made under Barrow's leadership of The Gambia. After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia embraced [...]

Byline: Mustapha K. Darboe On Christmas Eve, six months after it was first announced, the final report of the Gambia Truth Commission (TRRC) was made public. Primarily, in its first [...]

Former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the country with an iron fist for 22 years, is in touch with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to allegations of [...]

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), in its Investigative Report submitted to Government, outlined that Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) was allegedly committed throughout Yahya Jammeh's regime. According [...]

Byline: Alhagie Mbye Yahya Jammeh, ex-Gambian dictator who ruled the country with an iron fist for 22-years is 'currently in touch with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to [...]

Byline: Alhagie Mbye Yahya Jammeh, ex-Gambian dictator who ruled the country with an iron fist for 22-years is 'currently in touch with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to [...]

Byline: Alagie Mbaye of GRTS in Germany The trial of a former member of ex-President Jammeh's hit squad continues in Celle, Germany. Bai Lowe is accused of being a member [...]

Banjul -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: The 'Jammeh2Justice' campaign, made up of victims of the former regime and Gambian and international activists, calls on the [...]

Equatorial Guinea has an unenviable record on governance. However, its government is still patronizing other governments of the continent and thus make it difficult for those government to challenge its [...]

Byline: Nick Roll Correspondent Abstract: Until 2017, the crimes committed during Gambia's dictatorship were hushed up. A truth commission has opened the door to reconciliation, but the path remains rocky. [...]

Byline: Pa Modou Cham The government of The Gambia through the Whitepaper on the recommendations of the TRRC findings will charge and prosecute former President Yahya Jammeh and Dr Tamsir [...]

Byline: Mustapha K. Darboe It is a milestone for the future of The Gambia. On Wednesday 25 May, the government, after five months of deliberation, finally said how it intends [...]

Byline: Mustapha K. Darboe Banjul -- Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous 'Junglers' hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails the decision by Gambia's government to accept almost all of the recommendations of its Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). This is a huge step [...]

The European Union (EU) as well as the International human rights organisations across Europe and beyond have unanimously hailed Gambian government's readiness to not only prosecute former 'Gambian dictator Yahya [...]

Byline: Isaac Mugabi Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations commission recommends prosecuting officials for rights violations and abuses committed during Yahya Jammeh's 22-year reign. Victims also want the ex-leader to face [...]