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TRRC: Soldier implicated in cousin’s murder denies culpability
A former bodyguard to Edward Singhatey told the Commission on Wednesday that, as opposed to what had been said about him by witnesses, he never committed murder. Cadet Sillah, one of the six soldiers killed in Nyambai Forest is Fatty’s…
Ex-military police Mboob admits participation in killing of 6 soldiers
The Truth commission gets another confession from a soldier who admitted involvement in the killing of 6 soldiers in 1994.
Babucarr Mboob, a former soldier in the Gambia National Army, has confessed to participating in the killing of 6…
One person whose life Sanna Sabally saved
The 45th witness before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission said his life was saved by Sanna Saballly. The only person who said kind words of Sanna was John Charles Mendy. He said Sabally is “sincere” and “honest”.
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3-day search for soldiers’ remains at Yundum Barracks no answer
The search for the remains of unspecified number of soldiers killed on November 11, 1994 have entered its third day at the Yundum Barracks without success. No remains have been found.
The forensic team is yet to find anything despite…
The Assassin: The Angel in Jammeh’s world of terror
A former Gambian soldier who has witnessed November 11, became a juggler and National Intelligence Agency agent, put on a team to arrest Corporal Dumbuya who was later killed, among others, claimed he neither participated in torture nor…
Exhumation of Nov. 11 victims: 2nd day of search, no answer
The search for remains of soldiers killed by the military junta on November 11, 1994, has turned up empty as it enters second day.
The second day for the search of the remains of soldiers killed by the former military ruler and his…
Exhumation of Nov. 11 victims: First suspected “mass grave” turns up empty
The search for remains of soldiers killed by the military junta on November 11, 1994, has turned up empty as the search begins.
The investigation team of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission and police investigators have…
Turkish foreign minister on New Zealand terror attack
Speech by H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, at the United Nations General Assembly meeting to condemn the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, 2 April 2019, New York.
Mr. President, Honourable…
Former orderly to Sanna Sabally, JCB Mendy, charged with murder
John Charles Mendy was a witness to three executions of soldiers on the 10 and 11 of November 1994 but he admitted participating in only one before the Truth Commission. He is also the only witness before the Commission who spoke very…
TRRC’s second encounter with the “good medic” Jatta
The Truth Commission visits the one-time notorious Janjanbureh prison on Wednesday.
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) investigating the human rights violations of the former Gambian ruler has its second…