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Caught, admitted lying: Jungler Jeng’s moment of truth
It had to take him hours of playing fast and loose with the truth that even the lead counsel confessed, Alieu Jeng was one of a kind.
Jeng, a member of a hit-squad operating on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh, was one of…
‘Gambians want new constitution to curtail public sector corruption’
By Sally Jobe
Gambians have expressed as a priority a clause in the new constitution that will curtail unnecessary plunder of public resources, said Chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission.
Chairman Justice Jallow and his team…
Military court jails two soldiers for plotting to overthrow Pres. Barrow
A military court in Yundum Barracks has jailed two soldiers for plotting to overthrow the government of President Adama Barrow. The soldiers were sentenced to a 3-year jail-term on Wednesday.
On a whatsapp chat group call "The True…
Dr Sise likens Junglers’ activities to gas chambers of Nazi Germany
Dr Lamin Sise, the chairman of the Truth Commission investigating the human rights violations of the former President Yahya Jammeh, has likened the activities of Junglers to atrocities committed during the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany.…
‘Our orders to kill come from Yahya Jammeh’— Jungler
Pa Ousman Sanneh, a Warrant Officer Class 1 in the army, is a Jungler who has served as a member of a hit-squad allegedly operating on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh.
Sanneh has confessed to participating in the execution of…
Junglers’ “pitmaster” who passively became accessory to murder
Lamin Badgie told the Truth Commission on Tuesday that the former Justice Minister Lamin Jobarteh was present at the Brikama Firing Range the day the 9 death row inmates were secretly executed. Jobarteh, Lamin said, was at the range with…
‘Victims Centre’ opposes release of 3 Junglers
The Justice Ministry plans to release 3 Junglers, members of a hit-squad operating on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh. The trio have agreed to a psychosocial support and they will also testify in any future case the state may…
With pain, I agree with Minister Tambadou to release Junglers
Let me go straight to the point: TRRC was set up simply because we endured an autocratic rule which was notorious for massive violations of human rights. The foremost instrument of violations was the Junglers. The Junglers were terrorists…
“TRRC is not a witch hunting exercise”—Dr Sise
Truth Commission resumed on Monday with the testimony of the 4th Jungler. Junglers are a hit-squad reportedly operating on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh.
Dr Lamin Sise, the chairman of the Truth, Reconciliation and…
The Jungler who is always close but never at scenes of killings, tortures
Meet Ismaila Jammeh, a brother to former President Yahya Jammeh, who admitted to recruiting Junglers, a team of hit-men loosely controlled by the former ruler.
After hours of his testimony before the Truth Commission, the chairman Dr…