March 14
Gambia: Sonko Trial - Final Words Before the Verdict
Closing arguments have now ended in the trial of former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. "If a country as rich and… Read more »
March 07
Gambia: Ousman Sonko, the 'Mastermind'
On March 4, the prosecution concluded its closing arguments in the trial of Ousman Sonko, in Switzerland. They asked for the former interior minister of the Gambia to be sentenced… Read more »
March 04
Gambia: How Gambia's Truth Commission Findings Shaped the Sonko Trial
The trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior minister of The Gambia, resumes today in Switzerland. Parties are expected to present their closing arguments. A striking fact of the… Read more »
January 08
Gambia: Gambian Trial Starts in Switzerland for Crimes Against Humanity
Julia Crawford is a journalist and translator for JusticeInfo.net since June 2015. She is an experienced journalist, editor and journalism trainer, specialized in African affairs… Read more »
December 19, 2023
Gambia: Sonko Trial - What Can We Expect From Swiss Justice?
In this podcast produced with Asymmetrical Haircuts, two Justice Info correspondents take the floor. Mariam Sankanu, who is covering the post-Truth Commission period in Gambia. And… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Gambia: Why After Four Years Identity of the Exhumed at Army Barracks Remains Unknown?
In four years since the mediatized exhumation of seven bodies in a military camp near Banjul, neither the Truth and Reconciliation commission nor any institution in The Gambia have… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Gambia: The Disappeared in the Gambia, a Missing Investigation
In its recently disclosed implementation plan, the Gambian government says it will set up a task force to complete and expand the work accomplished by the Truth commission on… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Gambia: Is the Country a Step Closer to Moving On With Trials and Reparations?
On May 12, the Gambian president Adama Barrow has issued an implementation plan of the 2021 recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. He has… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Gambia: Trial in Germany - I Posed As a 'Jungler', Defendant Says
On Thursday 20 October, Baboucar "Bai" Lowe has given his first statement in six month of trial in Germany. The Gambian national, an alleged member of a notorious killing squad… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Gambia: Hopes for Justice Fades 9 Months After the Truth Commission Report
Victims and rights activists have raised concerns about the lack of Gambian government's implementation plan of the 2021 Truth Commission's recommendations. The vetting process is… Read more »
September 05, 2022
Gambia: Govt Fails to Act on Gambia's Truth Commission Recommendations
Activists are voicing the alarm. After its inquiry, the Gambia Truth Commission recommended that some 90 officials, largely in the security sector, be banned from public office or… Read more »
July 18, 2022
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… Read more »
June 27, 2022
Gambia: Swiss Probe Environmental Crimes by Jammeh Collaborator
Three years ago, the Swiss NGO TRIAL International filed a complaint against a Swiss businessman operating in the Gambia with the complicity of its former president Yahya Jammeh,… Read more »
June 23, 2022
West Africa: Banjul Working Towards a Hybrid Gambia-Ecowas Court
In an interview with Justice Info Gambia's Justice minister Dawda Jallow said his government has the political will to deliver justice for past crimes. No clear strategy has been… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Gambia: Gambian Trial in Germany - the Thin Line Between Witness and Suspect
In Celle, Germany, a former member of Gambia's notorious "Junglers" is accused of crimes against humanity. One of his former comrades, with a very similar background, was expected… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Gambia: Gambia Validates Truth Commission's Work and Promises Justice
It is a milestone for the future of The Gambia. On Wednesday 25 May, the government, after five months of deliberation, finally said how it intends to implement the recommendations… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Gambia: Will the Government Prosecute Returned Jammeh Hit-Men
Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous "Junglers" hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at large. Pending a government… Read more »
April 25, 2022
Gambia: Gambian Dictatorship's Crimes Go On Trial in Germany
On April 25, the trial of a former member of a hit squad - known as the "Junglers" - under Yahya Jammeh's rule in The Gambia opens before a German court. Baboucar "Bai" Lowe is a… Read more »