By Edrissa Jallow The National Assembly member for Serrekunda West, Hon Madi Ceesay told Gainako News that Transitional Justice stakeholders should conduct more mapping of victims of former President, Yahya Jammeh. Hon Ceesay spoke to our reporter during a two-day conference in Dakar to facilitate knowledge exchange on the successful trial of the former President of Chad, Hisène Habré. The conference was attended by Government and non Government stakeholders involved in the Gambia’s ongoing Transitional Justice process. Hon Ceesay is a journalist by profession and a former President of the Gambia Press Union. He narrated how he was tortured together…
Author: Edrissa Jallow
Edrissa Jallow
Edrissa Jallow is a journalist with over three years of experience working for two online media platforms. Mr Jallow joined Gainako News during the Nomination process for the December 2021 Presidential Elections. Since joining Gainako, Mr Jallow has published over 50 stories in less than a year. He is currently a final year student at the Media Academy for Journalism and Communications (MAJaC), a leading journalism training institution in The Gambia. Mr Jallow is currently the Project Manager of The Gambia Parliamentary Newsletter and reports extensively on Parliamentary proceedings.
By Edrissa Jallow The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) concluded its investigation of human rights violations committed during the leadership of former President Yahya Jammeh in 2021. The TRRC Report and Recommendations indicted the former President for numerous crimes ranging from unlawful killing, sexual and gender-based violence and enforced disappearances to name a few. The TRRC’s Recommendations have been mostly accepted by the current President Adama Barrow and are being implemented by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Victims Led Groups. To learn from Chad and Senegal who collaborated to successfully prosecute former Chad President, Hissene Habre, the…
By Edrissa Jallow reporting from Dakar, Senegal Various government Institutions and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) including prominent Lawyers involved in the Gambia’s Transitional Justice process converged in Dakar, Senegal for a two-day conference focusing on the trial of the former Chad President, Hissène Habré. The two-day conference occurred between the 13th and 14th of December 2022 at the Good Rade Hotel in Sacre Coeur 3. Our reporter, who attended the conference engaged stakeholders after the two-day conference to document some of the key lessons learned from the trip. This three-part report canvases the experiences of experts, CSOs, and victims gained…
By Edrissa Jallow reporting from Dakar, Senegal The founder of the African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED), Ms Nana-Jo Ndow believes that the meaningful participation of stakeholders is vital for victims of The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission’s (TRRC) to achieve justice. In a first of its kind, ANEKED is currently hosting an International Conference which converged victims of the former Presidents of Chad and The Gambia, legal experts, Civil Society Organisations and Government Officials to learn from experiences and ideas gained during the prosecution of former Chad President Hissène Habré in Dakar, Senegal. The now…
By Edrissa Jallow reporting from Dakar, Senegal A victim of the former President of Chad, one Mr Clement Abaifouta has urged victims of former President Yahya Jammeh not to lose hope and to pursue the implementation of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission’s (TRRC) Recommendations. Mr Abaifouta was a victim of Chad’s former President, Hissène Habré. According to his narration, he was arrested on Friday 12th July 1985 and imprisoned for over four years with hard labour by the Government while he was on his way to pursue his educational career in Germany. “I will be happy sitting with victims…
By Edrissa Jallow The Deputy Secretary-General of Amnesty International KM Group, Mr Modou O Sey, revealed to members of the press that only one country has signed their seven-point scope which they recommended to some fifty-three countries. In an exclusive interview with Amnesty International’s Mr Sey on Friday 9th December 2022, he informed our journalist that the Gambia has been served with the seven-point scope since 2017 soon after President Adama Barrow came into office, however, the document is still yet to be signed. Amnesty International’s seven-point scope calls for states to abolish the death penalty, adopt a law prohibiting…
By Edrissa Jallow and Yusef Taylor During the Finance Minister’s 2023 Budget Speech he highlighted that the renovation and rehabilitation of the Gambia’s only National Stadium are ongoing and set to host international matches by March 2023. Finance Minister Hon Seedy Keita made this revelation about the Independence Stadium last week Friday, 2nd December 2022 during his marathon 2023 Budget Speech at the National Assembly. Back in July 2022, the General Manager of the Gambia’s Independence Stadium and Friendship Hostel, Ebou Faye informed Gainako that the Gambia National team will hopefully play at the Independence Stadium in September 2022. This…
By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Hon Dawda Jallow responded to a Parliamentary question on the reasons for the delay in the implementation of the Janneh Commission Recommendations. The Janneh Commission was initiated by President Adama Barrow in July 2017 and investigated the “financial and other related activities of certain public bodies, enterprises, and offices as regards their dealings with former President Yahya Jammeh” and his close associates. Provision 200, subsection (d) of the Gambia’s 1997 Constitution mandates that “the President may, whenever he or she deems it advisable, issue a Commission appointing one or…
By Edrissa Jallow All Five Foni Lawmakers wrote a petition addressed to President Adama Barrow demanding the immediate withdrawal of ECOMIG (Senegalese Troops) from Foni on Sunday 4th December 2022. It can be recalled that all Five Foni Lawmakers won their seat in Parliament for the first time as Independent Candidates, ousting Five Foni Parliamentarians from the former ruling party Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC). The Five Parliamentarians contested on Independent tickets via the No to Alliance Movement after the APRC split into two when former President Yahya Jammeh rejected an Alliance with the current ruling party of…
By Edrissa Jallow National Assembly Member (NAM) for Bundung Ka Kunda, Hon Sulayman Jammeh, has expressed concerns over the current Bundung road construction, noting that the condition of the road still remains incomplete and affects residents and businesses in Bundung. Hon Jammeh is one of two NAMs who made the progression from Councillor to Parliament in the April 2022 Parliamentary Elections. Gambia Parliamentary Newsletter first published an interview with Hon Jammeh on the state of Bundung Road on 25th September 2022 where he conducted a tour with journalists. There was significant media attention on the state of Bundung Road soon…