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Gambia to hire special prosecutor for Jammeh-era crimes

By Journalist Sanna Camara (Mai Media Global) The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that it has finalised a lot of needed work, including the hiring of a special prosecutor, to set up an internationalised court in The Gambia that will try crimes committed under former President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule. […]

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Gambia Government Indicts 5 Men As Coup Plot Investigations Near Completion

Press Release Dated: 26th January, 2023 The Gambia Government Indicts Five (5) Men As Coup Plot Investigations Near Completion Banjul, The Gambia — The public is hereby informed that investigations into the recently foiled coup plot to oust the democratically elected Government of President Adama Barrow are at an advanced […]

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Journalist Pape Alé Niang granted bail

Senegal – Journalist Pape Alé Niang was released today, January 10, 2023, after a two-stage incarceration that began on November 6, 2022. He has thus been granted provisional liberty accompanied by judicial control granted by the Senegalese judicial authorities. The Coordination of Press Associations (CAP) salutes the work and professionalism […]