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…
Press release: Gov’t grants exclusive printing rights to the GPPC
The General Public and all Procuring Organizations are hereby informed that cabinet has endorsed The Ministry of Information and Communications Memorandum for The Gambia Printing and Publishing corporation to given exclusivity in the…
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…
GPU meets TRRC
Fajara: January 22, 2018: A Gambia Press Union delegation Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) to discuss issues geared towards strengthening the relationship between the media and…
‘Basiru Barrow tortured, taken to Mile 2 before killed’
A former prison medic has told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission on Tuesday that late Alieu Bah, a detainee at Mile, has confided in him that late Basiru Barrow was tortured by the junta, brought to Mile 2 before he was…
Ex-Mile 2 ‘medic’ says prisoners mentally destablised due to mock execution
A former prison paramedic officer has told the Truth Commission investigating the human rights violations of the former dictator Yahya Jammeh that some of the military officers subjected to mock execution were mentally destabilized due to…