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Gambia: Truth Commission on Jammeh Opens Hearings
VOA, 8 January 2019
Two years after President Yahya Jammeh left power in Gambia, the country is opening a truth commission that will look into abuses carried out during his more than two decades in… Read more »
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Gambia: 'The Next Step Is System Change' Halifa Sallah Tells Journalists
Foroyaa, 7 January 2019
Honourable Halifa Sallah, the secretary general for Peoples' Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has told journalists that the next step for the New Gambia is to… Read more »
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Gambia: Who Are the Enemies of the State That President Barrow Mentioned?
Foroyaa, 2 January 2019
For two years no one has heard about any uprising or armed attack against state institutions. However in his end of year message the President cautioned that cracks must not be… Read more »
Gambia Opens Yahya Jammeh's Can of Worms
The country's Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has opened hearings into abuses carried out during former president Yahya Jammeh's more than two decades in power. He is accused of killing journalists, torturing and killing political opponents, and sponsoring a campaign that allowed so-called "witch doctors" to abduct hundreds of people and force them to drink unknown substances.
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According to U.S. laws, the Secretary of State can "declare foreign government officials and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the country where there is ... Read more »
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Former Gambian officials have revealed that more than 50 migrants, who were bound for Europe but were suspected of being mercenaries intent on overthrowing Jammeh, were murdered in ... Read more »
