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The headquarters of the Gambian National Intelligence Agency (NIA) seen from above. Portrait of Ebrima Solo Sandeng in the inset.

Gambia: death penalty for former leaders of the national intelligence agency

On July 13, 6 members of the top leadership of the National Intelligence Agency, a place notorious for torture and disappearance under the regime of Yahya Jammeh (1994-2017), were sentenced to death for their role in the 2016 killing of political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng, and other crimes. This was the most high-profile case connected to […]

By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul

A patrol of Senegalese soldiers in the forest of Casamance (Blaze Forest)

Swiss first step to investigate environmental crimes in Gambia

Gambian Justice Minister Dawda Jallow and Emmanuel Joof present white paper at press conference

Banjul working towards a hybrid Gambia-ECOWAS court

Bai Lowe (a "jungler" under Jammeh's dictatorship in Gambia), from behind (in hooded coat) during his trial in Celle (Germany), faces the judges.

Gambian trial in Germany: the thin line between witness and suspect

Gambian Justice Minister Dawda Jallow speaks during a press conference on the Trutch Commission's report

Gambia validates Truth Commission's work and promises justice

Yahya Jammeh and a "jungler"

Gambia: Will the government prosecute returned Jammeh hit-men

In Gambia, a woman holds a sign saying "no to impunity".

Gambian dictatorship’s crimes go on trial in Germany

Amnesty recommanded for Sanna Sabally

Who got amnesty from Gambia’s Truth commission, and who didn’t

Ousman Sonko

Five years on, the slow wheels of Swiss justice in Gambian case

Portrait of Yahya Jammeh crossed out

TRRC Final Report: What must Gambia do to avoid another Jammeh

Yahya Jammeh in Gambia

TRRC Final report: Gambia between prosecutions and amnesties

Lamin Sise (chairman of the gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission) presents the final report of the TRRC to Adama Barrow (president on the Gambia)

Gambia: Truth Commission report hangs on election result

Fatou Bensouda sits in front of a microphone. In the background, a portrait of Yahya Jammeh and the Gambian flag.

Fatou Bensouda: “I didn’t know what was happening under Jammeh”

The Gambia Truth Commission's courtroom is empty

In Gambia, reconciliation still on the back burner

Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and current President Adama Barrow

Gambia: "We want Truth Commission’s final report binned"

Demonstration by victims of the Jammeh regime

Gambia’s Truth Commission puts a price on reparations

Yankuba Touray (with his lawyer in the picture) sentenced to death in Gambia

Yankuba Touray sentenced to death in Gambia

Soldier in front of Arch 22 in Banjul, Gambia

Gambia: Government and Truth Commission clash over Jammeh’s Arch

Gambia: Letter from the M’Bai family