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Sanna Camara

Gambia
As seen in: Journalists For Justice, Bloomberg News, HuffPost, AllAfrica, Global Voices, Business Day, News Deeply, The Point (The Gambia), The Standard (Gambia), Foroyaa Newspaper, Malagen
Covers:  Business, Migration, human rights, transitional and international justice, rural poverty, environment and international politics
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Independent Journalism| Media Consultant & Trainer| @GpuAwards 2020-22| Fmr. Media Officer, Office of the President, The Gambia| LEAD Fellow |AfricTivistes

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Sanna Camara’s Biography

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Sanna Camara has been covering The Gambia for 20 years now. He was among the over-100 journalists who lived in exile during the dictatorship in The Gambia. He returned home after the change of government in 2017, worked as Media Officer, Office of the President for over two years.
He now works as an independent journalist in Banjul.

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The Army’s Leadership Merry Go-Round in Gambia

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By Sanna Camara
| mmglobalnews.gm
By Sanna Camara Since 2017, the appointment of Chie of Défense Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces, traditionally assigned to the President and Commander-in-Chief, has not been without political convenience of choices. In the 2020 Draft Constitution, such a role, in line with the security sector reform (SSR), entails a procedural oversight with checks and balances, which ultimately eands up at the President’s desk for final approval.
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It’s very sad: Sonko delivers final address before Swiss Court

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By Sanna Camara
| The Point (The Gambia) Verified
It was an emotional atmosphere at the last moment of hearing for the former Yahya Jammeh strongman. Through the three weeks, the session had witnessed it all: from his denials of crimes that prosecutors linked to him – to emotional breakdown of a victim who collapsed in court when Sonko attempted to justify actions of the security forces’ response to the April 2016 protests.
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Prosecutors demand life in prison for Ousman Sonko

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By Sanna Camara
| The Point (The Gambia) Verified
However, this week saw oral arguments being presented by all parties and responses allowed by the panel of judges presiding over the appeal. “In several cases, the BA sees the qualifying element of crimes against humanity established; under a new law, a life sentence can be recognised as the maximum penalty in such cases,” the prosecutor representing the Swiss federal office f the Attorney general said.
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