(JollofNews) – A United States based Gambian housing developer who masterminded the December 30th 2014 ill-fated coup plot against the former Gambian regime of Yahya Jammeh has been freed from a US jail. Cherno Njie of Austin,Texas, was released last week after completing a one-year term imposed on him last[Read More…]
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Gambia: Defence Lawyers Galled At Ex-Spy Chiefs’ Detention
(JollofNews) – Lawyers defending nine former senior officers of the Gambia National Intelligence Agency (NIA) accused of killing an executive member of the United Democratic Party (UDP) have expressed anger at their continuous detention at the notorious Mile Two Prisons. Yankuba Badjie, Louis Gomez, Yusupha Jammeh, Lamin Lang Sanyang, Tamba[Read More…]
Gambia Seeks Extradition Of Ex-Interior Minister Ousman Sonko
(JollofNews) – The government of the Gambia will seek the extradition of the country’s former minister of the Interior, Ousman Sonko, from Switzerland, new Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty said on Friday. Mr Sonko was arrested in January by Swiss authorities following a request for asylum. His arrest was triggered[Read More…]
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