The Gambia’s political leadership is weighed in the balance and found wanting since the country gained independence in 1965. Without peaceful power alternation and presidential term limits of fifty-four years, The Gambia has had only three presidents, unlike in the United States where ten presidents served for fifty-four years. What[Read More…]
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The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup d’état – Part Five
Based on the testimony of the police witnesses at the Truth, Reconciliation & Reparations Commission (TRRC) one could notice their common distinctive position of having prior knowledge of the Gambia National Army’s (GNA) overwhelming strength in terms of lethal weaponry that far outmatched that of their entire forces to stand[Read More…]
Gambia: Halifa Sallah’s Recounts His Arrest, Detention By Ex-President Jammeh In 2005
History is written with deeds and not words unless they sum up deeds. A Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission is meant to document real happenings in good faith in the public interest. This is inconceivable unless witnesses are truthful. Justice has two sides. It must be done and must also[Read More…]
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