Gambia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- approved by national referendum on August 8, 1996, effective from January 16, 1997
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- a mix of English common law, Quranic norms, and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
90% Muslims, 9% Christians, 1% indigenous beliefs
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA READY TO REPEAL CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LAW
President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has given the strongest hint yet that his government
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA'S PRESIDENT SAYS SUSPENDING EXECUTIONS, FOR NOW
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has placed a moratorium on the execution of the remaining 38 prisoners on death row in the west African state following appeals from regional leaders, the government said in a statement.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: TABARA SAMBA WAS REPEATEDLY RAPED BEFORE SHE WAS EXECUTED
The Gambian website Freedomnewspaper reported that Tabara Samba, one of nine
- AUGUST 30, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA URGED TO STOP PRISONER EXECUTIONS
International Organizations have called on Gambia to stop executing death row inmates.
AUGUST 23, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: NINE DEATH ROW PRISONERS EXECUTED
Gambia executed by firing squad nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh
- JULY 26, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTY
In Gambia, Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal in Banjul convicted and sentenced
In Gambia, Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal in Banjul convicted and sentenced
- JUNE 27, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Gambia has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to death by hanging
a court in Gambia has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to death by hanging
- JANUARY 1, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTY
In Gambia, the death penalty was abolished in 1993, but re-established in August 1995 by the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council.
In Gambia, the death penalty was abolished in 1993, but re-established in August 1995 by the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council.
- OCTOBER 31, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul, Gambia, sentenced Baboucarr Tunkara to be executed by hanging for murdering Ahmed Serit Iseri, a Turkish national, by stabbing him with a knife on September 6, 2009, in Fajara, Kanifing Munici
- JULY 30, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIAN COURT CONDEMNS MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER, TREASON
Justice Emmanuel Amadi of the Gambian High Court in Banjul sentenced Abdoulie Sonko to death and life imprisonment for murder and treason, PANA confirmed.
- MAY 30, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO GAMBIAN COPS GET DEATH FOR TORTURE
at a court in Gambia's Upper River region, Judge Emmanuel Nkea sentenced two police officers to death for torturing a man to death, a court official said on condition of anonymity.
- MAY 30, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Special Criminal Court at the High Court in Banjul, the Gambia, presided over by Justice Joseph Ikpala...