(JollofNews) – Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects, according to bank records and interviews with a former charity official and a former presidential staff[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Gambia’s Long Serving Prison Boss David Colley Fired
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has fired the head of the country’s notorious Mile Two Prisons, days after he vowed to improve the conditions of jails across the country. David Colley, Gambia’s long serving prisons commissioner, was sent packing Friday. No reasons was given for his sacking.[Read More…]
Cassamance: The Untold Story (Part 2)
(JollofNews) – The Cassamance region is in the southern region of Senegal which, although connected in the East to Senegal, is separated from the rest of Senegal by the Gambia. The Cassamance conflicts is a low-level conflict that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of[Read More…]