Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, now living in exile in Equatorial Guinea, to be extradited back to Gambia to stand trial for the 2004 murder of Deyda Hydara, a newspaper editor who was the dean of Gambia’s journalists and RSF’s correspondent. RSF issued the[Read More…]
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Supreme Court Tosses Ex-Finance Minister’s Attempts To Have Criminal Record Expunged
A former Gambian Finance minister who was jailed in the previous regime of Yahya Jammeh has lost his fight to get his criminal record expunged. Amadou Sanneh, national treasurer of the opposition United Democratic (UDP), was in 2013 convicted by special criminal court judge of sedition and sentenced to up[Read More…]
Gambia: ‘Yankuba Touray Never Participated In Koro Ceesay’s Murder’ Ex-Junta Spokesman Reveals
A former minister in the erstwhile government of Yahya Jammeh who is being tried for the murder in 1995 of Finance Minister Ousman Koro Ceesay had never participated in his killing, a former Spokesman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) has revealed. Former Army Captain Ebou Jallo, who[Read More…]
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