(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…]
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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…]
Gambia Examines Body Believe To Be Solo Sandeng’s
(JollofNews) – Authorities in the Gambia are examining the human remains exhumed on Thursday believed to be that of Solo Sandeng, organising secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP). Mr Sandeng was killed while being detained at the National Intelligence Agency’s (NIA) headquarters in April 2016 shortly after he[Read More…]
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