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Westwood: Dealing in Conflict timber across The Gambia and Senegal

23.03.2020

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Gambia

Between 2014 and 2017, The Gambia exported nearly 163 million US dollars-worth of rosewood, a rare and precious tree spe...

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No return to The Gambia without legal proceedings for Yahya Jammeh

29.01.2020

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Gambia

Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh seems to be preparing the ground for a return to The Gambia. TRIAL International r...

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The Gambia: The ear of Banjul

14.11.2019

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Gambia

Silvia Lorenzi is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in Banjul, The Gambia’s capital. She has been working with...

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Yahya Jammeh

03.07.2019 - (Last modified: 13.08.2019)

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Gambia

Facts Yahya Jammeh was born in 1969 in Kanilai in Gambia. In 1984, he entered gendarmerie and gradually made his way to the top, reaching the position of commander of the military police, a position which he held between 1991 and 1992. On 22 July 1994, he came to power following a coup d’état. A transitional government was subsequently established and lasted until 19...

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Gambia: Women accuse ex-President of sexual violence

26.06.2019 - (Last modified: 22.07.2019)

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Gambia

Yahya Jammeh reportedly forced young women to have sex with him. Some of them received a state salary and worked at the...

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UN urged to release report of killings in The Gambia

28.01.2019

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Gambia

Five United Nations human rights monitors have urged the UN and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) t...

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Is The Gambia ready to confront its past?

21.01.2019

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Gambia

On 7 January, the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) held its first session in the Gambian capital...

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Victims of Yahya Jammeh’s oppressive regime were buried in Senegal

24.10.2018 - (Last modified: 23.05.2019)

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Gambia

The former Gambian dictator's death squads, known as "Junglers", have killed at least 45 individuals in the region of Ca...

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Gambia: Two Togolese Among Victims in Migrant Murder Case

25.06.2018

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Gambia

Victims Seek Justice for 2005 Killings Linked to Ex-President Jammeh Two Togolese have recently been discovered to be a...

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Gambia: ex-president tied to 2005 murders of Ghanaian and Nigerian migrants

16.05.2018 - (Last modified: 17.05.2018)

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Gambia

Ghanaian Groups Urge Prosecution of Yahya Jammeh A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jamme...

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Dictator Obiang Cannot “Protect” Yahya Jammeh From Justice

29.01.2018 - (Last modified: 02.02.2018)

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Gambia

Equatorial Guinea Legally Bound to “Prosecute or Extradite” Exiled Gambian Dictator (Banjul, The Gambia, Janu...

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Ousman Sonko

11.01.2018 - (Last modified: 27.11.2019)

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Switzerland

Facts Ousman Sonko was a member of the Gambian army under the regime of Yahya Jammeh, former President of the Republic...

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