(JollofNews) – Thursday’s brief but peaceful anti-government protest that was held at the Westfield junction, Serrekunda, was organised by the youth mobiliser of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and his associates, sources confirmed to JollofNews. Ebrima Solo Sandeng, who is currently in detention, is said to have[Read More…]
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Calm Returns To Gambia After Brief Anti-Government Protest
(JollofNews) – Life is returning to normal in the Westfield area of Gambia’s largest town, Serrekunda, after a brief but peaceful anti-government protest was quelled by security forces. A group of protesters mainly young men held a spontaneous protest Thursday afternoon at the busy Westfield junction some 12 kilometres away[Read More…]
Obama Slams Gambia’s Rights Record
(JollofNews) – The United States Government of President Barack Hussein Obama has again severely criticised the APRC regime of President Yahya Jammeh over its treatment and lack of respect for the rights and liberties of Gambians.
UK Couple Expands Gambia’s Afia Banjul Football Academy Foundation
(JollofNews) – Young children in the Gambia are getting life-changing support thanks to one selfless British couple. Craig and Isabel Goodman of Burry Port, have expanded their successful Afia Banjul Football Academy Foundation this month. Mrs Goodman, who works for the Llanelli Star and South Wales Evening Post, said the[Read More…]
Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed In Gambia
Book Review (Jollofnews) – This book is written by the renowned Gambian journalist and human rights campaigner Prof Alagi Yorro Jallow. Most significantly, the author dedicated his writing to the memory of all those who have died and/or suffered in the struggle for freedom and democracy in the African continent.[Read More…]
Gambia’s Jammeh Arrives In Turkey For Islamic Summit
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia Wednesday morning arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, where he will take part in the 13th Heads of States Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Mr Jammeh and his delegation were received on arrival at Ataturk Airport by the Turkish minister of[Read More…]
Gambia: A Call For Justice
(JollofNews) On April 10 and 11 in the year 2000 (16 years ago) students took to the streets to demonstrate peacefully against the alleged murder of a student Ebrima Barry of Brikama, West Coast Region, and the alleged rape case of a 13-year-old teenage student of Brikama-ba, Central River Region.
Italian Police Name Man Arrested For Shooting Gambian Migrant
(JollofNews) – Police in the Italian city of Palermo have revealed the identity of a man who is charged with the attempted murder of a Gambian man. Emanuele Rubino, 28, a resident of Palermo was arrested on 2nd April 2016 by police a few hours after he pulled the trigger[Read More…]
Ex-Gamsu Prexy: Gambia’s Jammeh Responsible For Students’ Massacre
(JollofNews)- President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has been accused of giving the orders for security officers to open fire at student demonstrators in the Wet African nation on 10th April 2000. Exactly 16 years ago today, over a dozen school children who were protesting against the murder of a[Read More…]
Gambia: April 10 & 11 – A Tragedy That Could Have Been Avoided
(JollofNews) – On 10th April 2000, Gambian students took to the street to protest against the alleged murder of Ebrima Barry, a student at Brikama Vocational Training Centre (FORSTER) and the rape of a school girl from Brikama-Ba. Both Barry’s killing and the rape of the school girl, who was[Read More…]
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