(JollofNews) – A Gambian lawyer who represented seven men serving life behind bars for plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh have appealed to the Gambian leader to show mercy on his clients and release them.

(JollofNews) – A magistrates’ court in the Gambia today issued an arrest warrant for an exiled Gambian politician who allegedly beat up a close associate of President Yahya Jammeh.

(JollofNews) – A former head of the Gambia’s civil service who has been detained incommunicado for over four months was today granted bail by a special criminal court in Banjul.