(JollofNews) – A senior police officer in the Gambia has defended their handling of April’s opposition protest against the government of President Yahya Jammeh. Chief Inspector Ebrima Camara of the Kanifing Police Intervention Unit (PIU) said teargas was fired at members of the opposition United Democratic Party (UD) after they[Read More…]
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Gambia: President Jammeh’s Brother Convicted For Graft
(JollofNews) – A special criminal court in the Gambia Monday ordered President Yahya Jammeh’s half-brother to pay D25 million after he pleaded guilty for corruption. Ansumana Jammeh, who was Gambia’s ambassador to Qatar, admitted conspiring with Sanna Bah, managing director of MALIGAM, and Assan Badjie between June 2010 and February[Read More…]
Gambia: Detained Opposition Members Gives Court The Cold Shoulder
(JollofNews) – Detained members of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) who were arrested in April for taking part in an’unathorised anti-regime’ protest Monday gave the cold shoulder to the special criminal court in Banjul. The UDP members who are on remand at the Mile Two prisons said[Read More…]
Religion Corner: Virtues Of Fasting (Part Two)
(JollofNews) – Abu Saed Khudri relates that Rasulullah (SAW) said, “Every day and night in Ramadan Allah sets free a great number of souls from hell. And every Muslim during every day and night there is a time when duaa is certainly accepted.” Apart from this hadith, there are many[Read More…]
Halifa Sallah: Gambia’s Future Is In The Hands Of The People
(JollofNews) – The Gambia is at a crossroads. We either take the route towards escalating tensions or the other route towards an inclusive secular democratic republic. There is no middle road. What then are the challenges? What is the way forward? The Danger Of Ethnolinguistic Profiling The republic requires a[Read More…]
ECOWAS Rules Out Suspension Of Gambia From Regional Bloc
(JollofNews) – The Gambia will not be facing any sanctions yet from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), despite calls from global human rights group, Amnesty International for the country to be suspended. Amnesty International which last week released its latest report on the human right situation in[Read More…]
Brummy Gambians React To Jammeh’s Mandingo Cleansing Threat
(JollofNews) – Gambian Mandingo residents in Birmingham have reacted to recent threats by President Yahya Jammeh to kill members of the Mandingo ethnic group ‘one by one, where even a fly cannot see them.’ Two days ago, while addressing thousands of his supporters in Tallinding during his nationwide Meet the[Read More…]
Ex-Gambian Newspaper Editor Pays Tribute To George Christensen
(JollofNews) – Indeed, to Him we all belong and to Him we all return: George Christensen was the composite man par excellence-everything about him hung together to create a persona that was impossible to ignore.Even when he was alive,he was already a legend in Gambia’s broadcast journalism. I started friendship[Read More…]
Tributes Pour In For Veteran Gambian Broadcaster
(JollofNews) – Poignant tributes have been pouring in on Facebook to a prominent Gambian radio journalist and founder of the Gambia’s first private FM radio station, Radio 1 FM. George Christensen, who is also the proprietor of GVC Media Company, died in the Gambia on Friday shortly after he returned[Read More…]
Gambian Activists Disappointed At ICC’s Refusal To Investigate Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Diaspora based Gambian activists have expressed disappointment at the refusal of the chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court’s to investigate human rights abuses of the Gambian regime. The tiny West African state is being ruled with an iron fist by President Yahya Jammeh who seized power in July[Read More…]
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