Six Gambian police officers Thursday pleaded not guilty to the shooting and killings of three environmental protesters in Faraba Banta village. Baboucarr Cham, Bala Musa Fatty, Mamadou Jallow, Alieu Camara, Musa Badgie and Nuha Colley appeared at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court, where they were charged with three counts of murder.[Read More…]

Italian police arrested a Gambian asylum seeker who swore allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group, local media reported Monday. According to Xinhua News Agency, police released a surveillance video of the man, named as 34-year-old Sillah Ousman, talking to himself and miming the use of a machine gun while[Read More…]

Three survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent and destructive HIV and AIDS “treatment programme” have Thursday  filed a legal action in the High Court of The Gambia. Fatou Jatta, Ousman Sowe, and Lamin “Moko” Ceesay are suing the former Gambian president. They are seeking financial damages for harm suffered and a declaration from[Read More…]