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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…
Gambia: A nation en-route to discovering truth and justice
The argument that there is no shortcut to justice is valid but it has been challenged by those critics of ‘plea bargaining’ who see the practice as a form of shortcut to justice. However, the saying that ‘Justice is very expensive’ has…
AU official welcomes Gambia’s approval of African free trade zone
The parliament of Gambia approves ratification of massive new $3 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area agreement on Monday.
With Gambia’s ratification, a massive new African free trade zone is springing into being, said a top…
TRRC visits secret Jammeh-era detention center
The discreet detention center is not known to even residents in the area. Babucarr Bah, the TRRC witness who confessed to torturing Omar Jallow with Almamo Manneh was detained the compound.
The Truth Commission investigating the human…
Justice ministry urges TRRC witnesses to be truthful amidst JCB Mendy’s arrest
John Charles Mendy is a chief security at The Gambia International Airlines (GIA). It is a crime to lie before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission though the Justice Ministry did not say anything about Mendy's fate so far.…
GPU Communique on State House New Press Accreditation Policy
On Saturday, March 30, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) convened an emergency general meeting in response to a new policy by the State House requiring journalists to undergo security screening at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for…
IFJ joins calls to boycott NIA background checks for journalists
The International Federation of Journalists -affiliated Gambia Press Union (GPU) has called on journalists not to comply with new rules imposed on journalists seeking to cover events in the Presidency.
The GPU confirmed that the Office…