September 03
West Africa: Why Gambia Suffered a Setback At Ecowas Parliament for Special Tribunal
The July decision of the regional ECOWAS parliament not to support a special tribunal in charge of trying the crimes of former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh was a blow to the Gambian… Read more »
May 17
Gambia: Gambia - the End of the Wait-and-See Strategy?
On April 22, two bills expected to kickstart the prosecution process for crimes committed under the 22-year rule of former President Yahya Jammeh were passed at the Gambian… Read more »
May 16
Gambia: Ousman Sonko Gets Maximum Punishment
Mariam Sankanu is a Gambian investigative journalist with Malagen, The Gambia's premier media platform specialised in investigative journalism and fact-checking. She had previously… Read more »
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 »