Close scrutiny of the TRRC Act, 2017 highlights many problems with it: Excessive Executive involvement (TRRC Act; section 5(1-3); 10(1-3); 12; 22(2)(6). Besides, the Act promises victims what no state can deliver (TRRC Act, 2017; section 20) [– because the rights abuses are wide-ranging, with many absent victims and perpetrators],[Read More…]
Politics
Dr Omar Janneh: Conflicts Of Interests In Gambia’s TRRC: Is Anyone Listening?
It will be difficult to address the issue of (alleged or perceived) conflict of interest if the conflicted individual(s) claim to be or other individuals claim on their behalf that the conflicted is/are morally upright, fulfill the essential and desirable criteria of the post and that all will be well.[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow Receives Special Envoy Of President Obiang
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow this evening received Ms Amalia Nchama Obiang as Special Envoy of his father, President Obiang. Ms Obiang presented a letter to The Gambian leader and requested to attend the burial of the late Aja Fatou Asombi Bojang in Bujinga. President Barrow, in accepting the letter,[Read More…]