(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…]
Human Rights
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…]
Forced To Beg, Senegal’s ‘Talibes’ Face Exploitation And Abuse
(JollofNews) – An eight-year-old boy fled his Koranic school in Saint-Louis, Senegal this month after he said a teacher threatened to beat him for not earning enough money begging on the street. Hours later, alone in the corner of a low-lit bus station, he was raped by a teenager. The[Read More…]
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