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By Omar Bah
Reed Brody, the top American human rights lawyer has cautioned that US president Donald Trump’s freezing of all programmes depending on US funding will affect The Gambia’s plans to prosecute Yahya Jammeh. Responding to Trump’s announcement in a Standard exclusive, Reed said the US aid freeze is “a devastating blow” to The Gambia’s development and that Jammeh should “thank Trump for making it more challenging to set up the Special Tribunal”. - Advertisement -
Reed said the US was set to be a leading donor to the Ecowas Hybrid Court designed to prosecute those responsible for the worst abuses of Jammeh’s regime, and to the Special Prosecutor’s office.
Colonel Samsudeen Sarr
President Donald Trump’s latest executive order—slamming sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) officials for daring to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—is yet another wrecking ball aimed at the crumbling edifice of international justice. The hypocrisy reached new heights when Biden, who had decried Trump’s strong-arming of the ICC, eagerly cheered on the court’s arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan—an old friend and protégé of Essa Faal—for alleged war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war. In The Gambia, despite relentless warnings against the neocolonial maneuvering that seeks to push President Adama Barrow into prosecuting former President Yahya Jammeh and members of his administration based on the highly flawed Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) report, human rights activists continue their dogged campaign to see it implemented, brandishing the ever-present specter of Western-backed retribution.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC-Gambia) threshold programme, aimed at addressing The Gambia's electricity challenges, has been temporarily paused due to an executive order by US President Donald Trump. The order, which freezes all US-funded programmes worldwide for 90 days, has caused the delay of a US$25 million grant intended to fund economy-boosting investments, reduce poverty, and improve education, transport, and the ecosystem along The Gambia River. Despite the pause, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) will continue its operations and no staff layoffs are expected.