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October 03, 2022
Guinea: 'We Are Guineans and We Will Judge Guineans'
In Guinea's capital Conakry, the trial of the September 28, 2009 massacre started symbolically thirteen years after the crime, with a grand opening and a three-hour hearing. This… 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 15, 2022
Liberia: Viktor Bout for Brittney Grinner - A Prisoner Exchange That Forgets Liberia
Viktor Bout, born in former Soviet Union, was once the world's most infamous arms dealer. He was accused to have fueled many wars across the world, in particular in Liberia. In… 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 »
May 03, 2022
Sierra Leone: Massaquoi Acquittal - What Has It Wrought?
Lansana Gberie, a renowned expert on the civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, provides an exclusive analysis of the trial of Gibril Massaquoi before a Finnish court, and how it… Read more »
April 29, 2022
Sierra Leone: Acquittal of Massaquoi - Reality Check for Finnish Justice
What was supposed to be an innovative and exemplary judicial experiment has turned into an adventurous rush to conviction, with questionable investigative practices and fanciful… Read more »
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