Press Release The United States Government’s Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a 10-month Rapid Response initiative to make immediate progress on prosecutions of alleged crimes committed under the Jammeh regime. The focus will be on setting up a new Special Prosecutor’s Office for crimes covered by domestic laws[Read More…]
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LG Elections: APRC Faction Nominates 42 Independent Candidates
A faction of the Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party, which still recognises former president Yahya Jammeh as its supreme leader, has backed the nomination of 42 independent candidates for the April-May local government elections. The faction, aka APRC Babili Mansa, opposes the political alliance formed with the[Read More…]
Swiss Prosecutors Nearing Decision On Gambian Ex-Minister
Swiss state prosecutors said on Monday they were close to concluding their lengthy investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed by a minister in former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh’s government. Ousman Sonko has been in custody since his arrest on January 26, 2017 in Switzerland, where he had applied for[Read More…]
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