Media Coverage

The Gambian government has said it will prosecute former President Yahya Jammeh for murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed during his more than 20-year rule. The Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday that it accepted all but two of the 265 recommendations made by a commission that...

A baptismal certificate. A baseball cap. Wallets, belts, neckties and bank membership cards. At first, the ordinary-seeming items do not seem fit for display in a museum. Then, with just a few words from one of the slips of paper accompanying them, the objects’ quotidian nature takes a chilling turn...

The trial of a Gambian man accused of being part of a death squad that assassinated opponents of former President Yahya Jammeh, including a journalist of the AFP news agency, has begun in Germany. The suspect, identified by media as Bai Lowe, is accused of crimes against humanity, murder, and...

A long-awaited report into allegations of abuse committed during former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule has recommended to the government to pursue criminal charges against those responsible. The 14,000-page document was handed on Thursday by the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations...

Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former leader of The Gambia, has ignored a warning by incumbent President Adama Barrow to not intervene in the country’s election campaign before polls. Jammeh spoke remotely at a public meeting of Mama Kandeh, the presidential candidate he has endorsed. Jammeh had refused...