By Abdul Tejan-Cole In the past few weeks the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has churned out startling revelations that sent the entire nation into a state of shock. Although many of what was revealed had been rumoured for years, it was still chilling to hear the confessions. It started when Lt. Malick Jatta took the stand. Sgt. Omar Jallow
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11 witnesses have testified in the trial of Ousman Sonko, the former Gambian Interior Minister accused of crimes against humanity before the Swiss courts. The trial will continue in March.
An ex-prison guard has testified before a Swiss court about the murder of Gambian politician Baba Jobe while he was in custody in 2011, when Ousman Sonko was Minister of the Interior. But Sonko blames Yahya Jammeh.
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