(Jollofnews) – Another member of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has died in state custody three months after his arrest and incaceration at the Mile Two prisons. Solo Krummah, a father of nine, is said to have died on Saturday at the Edward Francis’s Small Teaching Hospital in[Read More…]
Year: 2016
US-Based Gambian Activist Begins Jail Sentence For Gambia Coup Plot
(JollofNews) – A Gambian activist has begun serving time in an American jail for his involvement in the December 2014 ill-fated plot to overthrow the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh. Banka Manneh, a US resident who is chairman of the Gambia Civil Society Associations, was sentenced in May to[Read More…]
Gambia: Ruling Party Mobiliser Appointed Pro-Government Newspaper Boss
(JollofNews) – A supporter of President Yahya Jammeh’s ruling APRC party has been appointed managing director of the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper. Ousman Rambo Jatta, Bakau constituency APRC mobiliser and former councillor who has no journalism training or experience will be responsible for the day-to-day business matters of the newspaper[Read More…]
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