A former AFPRC junta member and minister who held various portfolios during Ex-President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year presidency has been charged with witness tampering. Yankuba Touray who was arrested on Saturday and currently detained at Kairaba Police Station is expected to appear in court sometime this week. His arrest follows a[Read More…]
Justice
The Gambia’s TRRC: Reckless Failures Of Intelligent Leadership Led To The Deliberate Destruction Of Evidence At The Notorious NIA
Dr Omar Janneh Most adult Gambians know that atrocious human rights abuses occurred at the NIA (now SIS) and elsewhere in the 22 years of Jammeh’s brutal regime which need to be preserved for later generations. President Barrow’s government thought that these human rights abuses were of sufficient gravity that[Read More…]
Prosecutor Of Gambia’s Truth And Reconciliation Commission Appointed
Renowned international lawyer Essa M. Faal, has been named as the lead counsel to the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC, which will be looking at the misdeeds of the previous regime of President Yahya Jammeh. In his capacity as lead counsel, Mr Faal will be responsible for guiding[Read More…]