The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) looking at the misdeeds of the previous regime of President Yahya Jammeh from 1994 to 2017 is set to hear more testimonies related to the execution of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the then military junta on November 11th 1994 and[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia’s Ex-Chief Justice Wins US$200 Grand Damages For Wrongful Dismissal
(JollofNews) – The ECOWAS Court Wednesday ordered The Gambia to pay US$200,000 in ‘nominal damages’ to Justice Joseph Wowo, its former chief justice, for the violation of his rights to fair hearing, unlawful imprisonment and removal from office on allegation of corruption, false[Read More…]
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…]