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Gambia: 2005 massacre of migrants under the scrutiny of the TRRC

24.02.2021 - (Last modified: 15.07.2021)
The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) will hold hearings at its current session which be...
Two years ago, The Gambia created a key tool for transitional justice: the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commiss...
Group of people fishing on the sea shore.

Former Gambian "Jungler" appeared in US court

04.12.2020 - (Last modified: 07.12.2020)
On 3 December 2020, former member of the elite Gambian paramilitary unit Michael Correa appeared before a US District Co...
A message from Emeline Escafit, Legal Advisor, International Investigations and Litigation For more than 20 years, Yahy...
Man facing the sea in Gambia. CC_Steve Wheeler

Virtual exhibition: "The Duty to Remember"

18.11.2020 - (Last modified: 12.01.2021)
Remembrance is an essential step in the transitional justice process. With this in mind, the NGO ANEKED has created "The...

Gambia: No Justice for 2005 Massacre of Migrants

21.07.2020 - (Last modified: 15.07.2021)
The families of more than 50 Ghanaian and other West African migrants killed in The Gambia and Senegal 15 years ago have...

Gambia: US charges alleged ‘Death Squad’ member with Torture

12.06.2020 - (Last modified: 16.06.2020)
The indictment in the United States on 11 June 2020 of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member on torture charges...
Portrait of Michael Corrrea in uniform.
Between 2014 and 2017, The Gambia exported nearly 163 million US dollars-worth of rosewood, a rare and precious tree spe...
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh seems to be preparing the ground for a return to The Gambia. TRIAL International r...

The Gambia: The ear of Banjul

14.11.2019 - (Last modified: 15.09.2021)
Silvia Lorenzi is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in Banjul, The Gambia’s capital. She has been working with...

Gambia: Women accuse ex-President of sexual violence

26.06.2019 - (Last modified: 22.07.2019)
Yahya Jammeh reportedly forced young women to have sex with him. Some of them received a state salary and worked at the...
Five United Nations human rights monitors have urged the UN and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) t...