Heavy gunfire was heard on Friday in Guinea Bissau’s capital near barracks where members of the national guard were holed up in the south of the city, according to an AFP journalist and sources. The national guard members on Thursday night freed Finance Minister Souleiman Seidi and Secretary of State[Read More…]
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GPU Welcomes Sentencing Of Bai Lowe For Murder Of Deyda Hydara
PRESS STATEMENT (Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. The Higher Regional Court of Celle, a northern[Read More…]
Gambian Convicted In Germany For Death-Squad Role
A Gambian man in Germany has been sentenced to life for his role in an assassination squad that worked on behalf of The Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh. The man, identified as Bai L. worked as a driver for the squad known as the “Junglers”. He was found guilty of[Read More…]