A Gambian marabout who was jailed in the United Kingdom for conning three women into giving him £150,000 by claiming that he had powers to solve their personal problems is on the run. Abdoulie Gassama, 36, escaped from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire on Monday, where he was serving a seven-and-a-half-year[Read More…]
Justice
Gov’t, Lawyers Push To End Lack Of Access To Justice In Gambia
(JollofNews) – As efforts are being made by Gambia government and some members of the BAR Association for access to justice for all to become a reality, the issue of public interest litigation took centre stage during a just concluded lawyers’ confab. Gambia’s new democratic dispensation is graduallly taking its[Read More…]
Gambia: Lawyer Joof Urges Bar Association To Do Its Duty
(JollofNews) – The Access to Justice Adviser at International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) lawyer Emmanuel D Joof has urged Gambia’s legal community to play its part in the country’s development process in promoting democracy and rule of law. “Much is expected from the legal profession and for obvious reasons,” said[Read More…]
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