TRRC v Yankuba Touray Et Al: The Scandal Behind The Gambia’s Transitional Justice

It comes as no secret that the pursuit of justice in normal times in itself is a challenge let alone doing so in circumstances as unique and extraordinary as that in post Yaya Jammeh Gambia. The latter requires an innovative approach modelled and designed to suit the needs of the victims rather than a copy and paste transitional justice model from elsewhere...

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DWGTalks: The 'Coalition' Survival Meeting & The Attorney General's 'False Statement Threshold'

The 'Coalition' Survival Meeting & The Attorney General's "False Statement Threshold" (the unilateral supposed ‘legal’ test) In Determining Witness Prosecution at the TRRC

DWGTalks: Meddling In Our Judicial Process & the Outsourcing of Government Legal Duties to Private Law Firms

The Justice Minister's Meddling In Our Judicial Process & the Outsourcing of Government Legal Duties to Private Law Firms

Probing Atrocities of The Past – The Pursuit of Public Justice For The Many or A Cash Cow For A Supine Few?

The democratic verdict was delivered and, on landed the lethal blow which would end the long bitter 22 years of pain, horror and heist. The final batch of rodents either fled, abandoned ship or switched allegiances one after the other...

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DWGTalks: March 26, 2019

Gambia: Political Dynamics, Promises, Agreements, The Constitution, Barrow/UDP, Elections, Change, TRRC..

DWGTalks: March 18, 2019

Gambia: The SCoTG Interim Ruling: Ya Kumba Jaiteh, The President, Supreme Court, Presumption of Regularity, Judicial Precedent, etc

Inhuman Acts: Tales From The Smiling Coast

Gambia: Inhuman Acts: Tales From The Smiling Coast

The Recent SCoTG Interim Ruling: A Dreadful Judicial Precedent

Since the coining of the phrase ‘New Gambia’ and its widespread use to reference this post Jammeh era, one could be forgiven for assuming that we are now a functioning democracy...

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DWGTalks: Should President Barrow Honour the MOU & Step Down in 2019?

Gambia: Should President Barrow Honour the MOU & Step Down in 2019; or, Should He Simply Give Way Due to Incompetence?

DWGTalks: Is Offensive Language/Bigotry Free Speech?

Gambia: A conversation on offensive language, bigotry in the "New Gambia", in the wake of the Abdoulie Saine tapes: were his pronouncements Free Speech, An Incitement of Violence or Hate Speech?

'New Gambia' Should Stop Dishonest Politician Spending

The Gambia is a great country in prospect but which is being destroyed by dishonesty among some of our public officials...

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Dictatorship Watch: Are we safe from another dictatorship?

Gambia: Dictatorship Part 2? In The Gambia? Lets prevent another reoccurence by safeguarding our little gains.

DWG's Recommendations to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC)

On March 20, 2018, we published the much awaited Recommendations for Constitutional Review (The DWG Constitutional Review Recommendation Pack). The pack is informative, robust and forward-moving centred.