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Witness unavailability defers TRRC Tuesday sittings
The Truth Commission resumes sittings on Wednesday
The Truth Commission probing the human rights violations of the former dictator Yahya Jammeh has differed its Tuesday sitting due to unavailability of the witness.
The unidentified…
Gambian diaspora donate to UDP members suffering health complications
Members of the Gambian diaspora in United States and Europe have donated D24, 000 to two members of the United Democratic Party for their treatment.
The money was given to Sukai Dahaba and Jugana Susso by Surahata Fatty, a member of the…
Former Justice Minister Mbaye told me I will be executed—OJ
The veteran politician Omar Jallow said Africa has two problems: its people in uniform and intellectuals, as he testified before the Truth Commission on Monday. Jallow, arrested multiple times by former ruler, said he was offered an…
TRRC: Fatou Bensouda charged me treason, says witness
The Commission’s twelfth witness had broken into tears several times as he narrated his ordeal in detention following the 1994 coup. Batch Samba Jallow was among the civilians who were arrested following the coup.
The twelfth witness…
1994: Ex-captain Suwareh “captured” at Denton Bridge by Junta
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UN, ECOWAS urged to release report on Gambia migrant massacre
5 United Nations rights monitors urge public reporting of 2005 killings of migrants in Gambia by United Nations and Economic Community of West African States
By Human Rights Watch (Geneva)
Five United Nations human rights monitors have…
No changes, Gambian army still has bogus ranks— ex-captain Kambi
A former army captain Ebrima Kambi said the country risk repeating its past mistakes if its military is not properly reformed, a semblance of which is yet to start.
A former captain in the Gambian army has told the Truth Commission…
Post 94 coup: Jammeh, others indulge in luxury as Nigerians
Former army Captain Ebrima Kambi said Yahya Jammeh, then commander of military police, was one time driving around in town a vehicle his men arrested with cannabis. He said he had to intervene as his senior to ask him to stop.
At the…
Pres. Barrow’s security adviser Badgie refutes claims he was seen at Nov. 11 killings
November 11 marks the first major execution by former President Yahya Jammeh and his military colleague who took over power on July 22, 1994
Retired Col. Momodou Badjie, a former senior army officer and currently national security…
Former VP Darboe deserts Sir Dawda in Senegal, say Commission witness
Bakary Bunja Darboe would later take a job as finance minister with the Junta, a post he would hold for 70 days
A former bodyguard to Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara has told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission that the…