President John Dramani Mahama has passionately appealed for justice for the victims of the 2005 Gambia massacre, in which around 56 West African migrants, mostly Ghanaians, were tragically killed.
The massacre stands as one of the darkest chapters in Gambia’s history, with nearly two decades of ongoing calls for justice and reparations.
During his inaugural official visit to Gambia over the weekend, President John Dramani Mahama underscored the urgent need for accountability and justice.
Representing Ghana and the wider West African community, he appealed to the international community to ensure compensation for the victims’ families and to hold those responsible for the atrocities to account.
“We have been following the processes that have occurred with regards to truth and reconciliation and we think that the process will exorcise the pain that people have gone through in the period where this was not going on well democratically.
“We know that there are many other processes that need to be gone through including bringing people to justice for crimes that were committed in the period of President Jammeh. Ghanaians were involved and some of our countrymen were killed,” he said.
Commonly known as “The Gambia Massacre,” the incident involved the execution of migrants by Gambian security forces, allegedly acting on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh.
The tragedy remains one of the darkest episodes in Gambia’s history, with nearly two decades of ongoing demands for accountability and reparations.