(JollofNews) – Sickening pictures have emerged from inside the Gambia’s notorious Mile Two Central Prison were thousands of prisoners including opponents of former president Yahya Jammeh were once held. The first pictures of the prisons were posted on Facebook by pro-democracy activist Dr Amadou Scatterred Janneh following a surprised visit[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Gambia: Exile Ends, Emotional Scars Deepen: Sheriff Bojang Jr Shares His Story
(JollofNews) – The last time I headed to The Gambia, on a Sunday evening SN Brussels flight from London Heathrow via Brussels and Dakar, I didn’t make it out of the airport terminal. Like a few other so-called dissident Gambians who arrived before me from the Western world, I was[Read More…]
Gambians Paying Millions For New President’s Hotel Bills
(JollofNews)– Despite crying out to donors that he has inherited an economy that is virtually bankrupt and in need of immediate restoration due to mismanagement of the country’s finances, Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow is spending millions of Dalasis in hotel bills. Mr Barrow who succeed long-term ruler Yahya Jammeh[Read More…]