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Gambia: The story of a government-sanctioned massacre and its cover-up
11 March 2021By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul
After establishing that the July 2005 massacre of more than 50 West African migrants was perpetrated by state authorities, Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has exposed the government’s cover-up that followed. No one from the entire security sector of the country was spared.
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Gambia: Did Jammeh order the killing of migrants?
2 March 2021By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul
This is the largest massacre committed during the 22 years of Yahya Jammeh s reign in the Gambia. More than fifty migrants were executed in July 2005. Clear evidence that it was carried out on the orders of the government was so far the missing piece. Last week, key testimonies before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission implicated former President Yahya Jammeh himself.
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