The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) according to The Nation made this revelation last weekend in its findings.
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Jammeh, who seized power in a 1994 coup, fled Gambia early last year as West African neighbours were poised for military intervention to topple him after he refused to step down following an election loss to current President Adama Barrow
The country of 1.9 million people has about 1,000 soldiers, little capacity to fight a well-trained army, for example that of Senegal, which counts almost 20,000 troops
ECOMIG is a standby force tasked by ECOWAS Heads of State to enforce the December 1, 2016 election mandate in the The Gambia
As at Tuesday, six of Jammeh’s ministers have resigned, which is seen as an indication that his allies are not in support of his continued decision to hold on to power after 22 years as president
Observers believe the resignations showed that Jammeh, who ruled Gambia for 22 years with an iron fist, is increasingly politically isolated
The Supreme Court has not sat for over a year and the entire judges’ seats bar that of the chief justice are unoccupied
Eight-year-old Habibu Barrow is reported to have died on the way to the hospital on Sunday in Manjai near the Gambian capital Banjul
With President Buhari leadership role in the Gambia political debacle, Nigeria has once more assumed its preeminent position in the sub region, and the honour and prestige the country was associated with by providing leadership in Africa have been restored
January 19 is the date when President-elect, Adama Barrow, has vowed to take power, despite outgoing President Yahya Jammeh not accepting his defeat in the December 1 election
More than 30 African leaders were due to attend the summit, including Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, whom the meeting was expected to back in his attempts to be sworn in on January 19, despite outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to give up power
The denial was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Brigadier General Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations
In Banjul, President Buhari, as the Mediator in The Gambia, is scheduled to meet with President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia and the President-elect, Adama Barrow, to continue dialogue on the political situation in the West African country
This was revealed by the Gambian Ministry of Information on Thursday
Jammeh, who has ruled the small West African nation with an iron fist for more than two decades, refused to accept the result of the December 1 presidential poll, which saw him lose power
President Buhari reiterated the appeal on Monday by ECOWAS leaders that the Gambian leaders do everything they can to douse the tension in the West African country, which has led citizens to leave the country due to political uncertainty
The postponement of the case came one day after the Communications Minister, Sheriff Bojang, stepped down and fled the West African nation
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known in Abuja when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of a meeting of some ECOWAS leaders in Abuja
The closure came hours after Paradise FM had interviewed a spokesman of a coalition backing President-elect, Adama Barrow, to whom President Yahya Jammeh has refused to cede power after losing the December 1 election
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Presidents of Liberia and Senegal, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Macky Sall, as well as ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama are attending the meeting