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19 May 2017 by AFP
Two charged for 2004 murder of Gambian journalist Hydara Two fugitive former army officers have been indicted over the 2004 murder of prominent Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara, judicial sources said. The court in Banjul also separately issued an arrest warrant for ex-interior minister O [...]
12 May 2017 by AFP
Gambia's 'broken' justice system struggles with victims' ire Gambians want swift justice for the crimes of fallen dictator Yahya Jammeh's regime but the new government faces an uphill battle to jail the most prolific abusers. Silenced for 22 years, victims shot or tortured by Jammeh's secur [...]
3 May 2017 by AFP
Swiss extend detention of Gambian ex-minister Switzerland said Wednesday it has extended the detention of former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko after "progress" in a crimes against humanity probe. Sonko was a top lieutenant of The Gambia's fallen dictator Yahya Jammeh [...]
21 April 2017 by Human Rights Watch
Gambia: Justice for Jammeh-Era Abuses Crucial New Government Should Develop Roadmap for Prosecutions (Nairobi) – Gambia’s government should act to prosecute those responsible for grave crimes committed during the 22-year rule of Yahya Jammeh. Fair trials are crucial for victi [...]
17 April 2017 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Gambia searches for justice, while Mali struggles with reconciliation This week, JusticeInfo looked at the first steps being taken by judicial authorities in The Gambia to deal with the innumerable crimes committed under the long rule of Yahya Jammeh, who is now in exile. Meanwhile,  people in Mali [...]
12 April 2017 by Maxime Domegni, West Africa correspondent
Judging crimes of the Jammeh era poses challenge in Gambia Gambia is awaiting the creation of a transitional justice mechanism promised by the new government to help heal wounds after 22 years of dictatorial rule under former president Yahya Jammeh. In the meantime, police and judiciary h [...]
15 February 2017 by AFP
Barrow appoints Gambian UN prosecutor as chief justice President Adama Barrow appointed a Gambian UN prosecutor as chief justice of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, ending a series of controversial foreign appointments to the position by former leader Yahya Jammeh. Hassan Bubacar Jallo [...]
6 February 2017 by Maxime DOMEGNI, regional correspondent
Gambia: Will justice one day catch up with Yahya Jammeh? It was under threat of a military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that Yahya Jammeh, President of Gambia for 22 years, finally decided to cede power to the winner of the December 1, 2016 elec [...]
30 January 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Tests for international justice in Switzerland and France The arrest of a former Gambian Interior Minister in Switzerland this week is a test of the reach and limits of international justice, as is the earlier arrest in France of an ex-Prime Minister of Kosovo. Ousman Sonko, who is being [...]
26 January 2017 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Arrest of Gambian ex-minister in Switzerland an “important sign” for torture victims Just days after long-time Gambian President Yahya Jammeh went into exile following electoral defeat and the threat of regional military intervention, his former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko has been arrested in Switzerland. This [...]
2 January 2017 by AFP
Gambia authorities shut Teranga FM radio station Popular independent Gambian radio station Teranga FM was Sunday ordered to cease operations by national security agents for unspecified reasons, a security source and staff member said. The station, which translates news from Gamb [...]
1 January 2017 by AFP
Gambia's Jammeh accuses regional bloc of declaring war Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has accused the West African regional bloc ECOWAS of declaring war after demanding that he stand down following his defeat at the ballot box. Regional leaders warned last month that the 15-member ECO [...]
25 December 2016 by AFP
Gambians turn back to migration as political impasse drags Ansu Sanyang was ready. Sick of providing so little for his parents and sisters with any work he could find, the young Gambian resolved to take the migrant route through Libya to Europe. Then on Friday, December 1, he hesitated, h [...]
21 December 2016 by AFP
Gambia president rejects calls to step down Defeated Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has again vowed not to leave office at the end of his mandate in January, saying a court first must rule on his challenge to the outcome of a hotly disputed election. Jammeh, who has been in [...]
21 December 2016 by AFP
Gambia's Jammeh does not face prosecution on leaving office: opposition Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will not face prosecution on leaving office, a spokesman for the opposition coalition that backed president-elect Adama Barrow told AFP late Tuesday.  Jammeh led the Gambia for 22 years but conceded [...]
20 December 2016 by AFP
France urges Gambia's Jammeh to accept election defeat French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged Gambia's president of 22 years, Yahya Jammeh, to accept defeat in elections and stand aside. Hollande said the results of the December 1 polls were "indisputable" and Jammeh's ch [...]
17 December 2016 by AFP
West African leaders push to resolve Gambia poll impasse West African leaders called Saturday for a swift resolution of the political impasse in The Gambia after disputed elections in which long-term president Yahya Jammeh is refusing to concede defeat. The appeal came at the 50th summi [...]
9 December 2016 by Pierre Hazan
African “withdrawals” from the ICC produce a new twist… At the end of October, three African countries announced with fanfare that they were leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC). They slammed it for lack of legitimacy, unjustified attacks against Africans and neo-colonialism. [...]
31 October 2016 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: New African blow to the ICC, and Tunisia prepares for victim hearings The Gambia may be a small West African country that rarely hits the headlines, but this week’s announcement that it is pulling out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirms the malaise between the African continent and th [...]