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Ex-junta member Edward Singhatey in Gambia to appear before TRRC
Former member of the military leadership that toppled ex-Gambian leader Dawda Kairaba Jawara, Edward Singhatey, has arrived in Gambia to face the Truth Commission. The Commission said he will likely appear on Wednesday or Thursday.
A…
‘Gambia: Impunity for Jammeh-era crimes persist’—Victim Center
Despite significant progress by the Truth Commission in investigating the human rights violations of the former ruler Yahya Jammeh, Gambia still struggles with impunity for crimes committed under the former ruler, said the Gambia Center…
Reparations: Gambia gov’t gives D50 million to TRRC
The government of the Gambia has given D50 million dalasis to the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission to pay reparations to victims of human rights violations of the former dictator Yahya Jammeh.
The Truth Commission is…
The selective memory of Gambia’s former vice-president
Isatou Njie Saidy was Gambia’s vice-president during twenty years of the 22-year rule of Yahya Jammeh. Before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission she admitted endorsing the order sending the army to crush a student protest…
Where is the leadership to salvage mother Gambia?
After all the speeches by the President and his Vice President and the NAMs about the State of the Nation Address and in the Adjournment Debate what did we achieve as a people at the end of the day? What has our leaders done to take us to…
Exceptional betrayal in the testimonies of Isatou Njie Saidy and Baboucarr Jatta
By Madi Jobarteh
Former Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy did not surprise me in her testimony before the TRRC on Thursday September 3. Rather she confirms that indeed she lacks the moral fortitude to stand by her convictions, regardless.…
National dialogue television show: Jammeh-era scare tactics will not work
It is with deep concern that none other than the Director of Press and Public Relations Amie Bojang Sissoho would host a television program herself where the guests are heads of armed and security forces of the country with the sole…
‘Children in Gambia engage in worst forms of child labor’— US
Children in the Gambia engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking and forced begging, according to the United States Department of Labor (DOL) report.…
If President fails to turn before National Assembly, NAMS have power to impeach him.
The action by the National Assembly to insist that the President is present as they discuss the State of the Nation Address is not only in the right direction but indeed also long overdue but highly welcome and necessary. There is a…
Survivors of Jammeh’s fake AIDS “cure” demand action against two doctors who directed the…
By Aids Free World
Three survivors of former president Yahya Jammeh’s fake HIV/AIDS treatment programme have asked authorities to revoke the licenses of two medical doctors who directed the programme and who are both still practicing…