(JollofNews) – Authorities in the Gambia have filed criminal charges again nine former senior government officials and a local businessman who were arrested some days ago as part of ongoing investigations into alleged corruption at the state-owned Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC). Sira Wally Ndow Njie, who was the first[Read More…]
Year: 2016
Gambia: Mr Jammeh, Let The UDP Leadership Go
(JollofNews) – Mr President, last night as I was scuffing a 12 inch vegetarian pizza I ordered from my local takeaway shop, a friend of mine sent me a picture of the leadership of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) being escorted in handcuffs to a waiting prison van. As[Read More…]
Gambia Trio Tortured For Accusing President Of Ethnic Slur
(JollofNews) – Three men charged with sedition in the Gambia were tortured in jail and made to sign false testimonies, their lawyer said on Tuesday, after they allegedly said the president disliked the country’s majority ethnic group. President Yahya Jammeh is regularly accused of sanctioning human rights abuses in the[Read More…]
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