Essa Faal: My experiences in international justice, my hopes and dreams for The Gambia

Essa M. Faal is no stranger to high-stakes justice. The Gambian lawyer has prosecuted Darfur genocide suspects, led investigations at ...

Elusive Sanna Manjang continues to rob Gambian victims of hope for justice

by Korir Isaac

July 30, 2025

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At first, there was elation and hope: A Banjul court had just issued a warrant of arrest for Sanna Manjang, ...

Michael Correa’s US conviction brings into sharp focus the slow pace of transitional justice in The Gambia

by Too Jared

April 25, 2025

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The conviction in the United States of Michael Sang Correa, an alleged member of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's notorious ...

Sonko trial rekindles hope for justice among Gambian victims 

by The Victims Bantaba

January 13, 2024

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The start of the trial of former Gambian government minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland on January 8 marked another step ...

The disappeared in The Gambia, a missing investigation

by The Victims Bantaba

July 10, 2023

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Investigating cases of enforced disappearance was one of The Gambia´s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission’s (TRRC) main focus. Disappearing people ...

Children, the forgotten victims of Jammeh’s dictatorship

by The Victims Bantaba

June 22, 2023

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In the six years since the start of the transitional process in The Gambia, victims have prominently featured in the ...

Reparation money was little and unfairly allocated, Jarra Soma victims complain

by The Victims Bantaba

April 30, 2023

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Ansumana Drammeh, Mama Cham, and Sarata Ceesay are all residents of Jarra Soma village. They are all related to victims ...

Kerr Mot Hali victims seek more than just monetary reparations

by The Victims Bantaba

April 29, 2023

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In the third installment of our four-part series of interviews stories on Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission's (TRRC) reparation programme, ...