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
- APRIL 14, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOTTERS
president of the three member Gambian Court of Appeal...
- APRIL 4, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENCES
the Gambian lawmakers approved new amendments, presented before the National Assembly
FEBRUARY 14, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: SEPTUAGENARIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
Sheriff Abba Hydara, 71, from Bakallar Village in the Upper Niumi District of The
- JANUARY 5, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Janjangbureh, Gambia...
- JANUARY 1, 2011GambiaDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 15, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Justice Joseph Enwa Ikpala of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul, The
- NOVEMBER 3, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: SON GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HACKING MOTHER TO DEATH
Justice Lamin A.M.S Jobarteh of the Banjul high court in the Gambia sentenced Buba
- OCTOBER 5, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA INTRODUCES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a new law approved in Gambia sets anyone convicted of possessing more than 250 g of cocaine
- AUGUST 23, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
in Gambia, the Special Criminal Court presided over by Justice Joseph E. Ikpala sentenced Lamin Faye to
in Gambia, the Special Criminal Court presided over by Justice Joseph E. Ikpala sentenced Lamin Faye to
- AUGUST 19, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
the Basse High Court in Gambia, presided over by travelling Justice Lamin Jobarteh, sentenced
the Basse High Court in Gambia, presided over by travelling Justice Lamin Jobarteh, sentenced
- JULY 15, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO COUP PLOTTERS
at a Gambian court, Judge Emmanuel Amadi sentenced eight people to death for
- JUNE 22, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES IN CRIME CRACKDOWN
a court in Nouakchott, Mauritania, handed down ten death sentences for