Nine death row prisoners who were executed in the Gambia in August 2012 were suffocated with plastic bags before their bodies were dumped in a disused well, a member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, The Jungulars, today revealed at the truth commission. The revelation was made days[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: Police Reveal Scale Of Damages After Standoff With Youths
Gambian authorities have revealed the true scale of damages caused in today’s standoff with angry youths. Thousands of youths today set up barricades and set tyres on fire in protest at the death of Ousman Darboe, a local shopkeeper. Darboe was picked up and detained by detectives investigation a burglary[Read More…]
Gambia’s Ex-president Accused Of Ordering Slaughter Of 30 Ghanaian Migrants
(AFP) – Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh ordered the massacre of some 30 migrants he said were “mercenaries” sent to topple him in 2005, a member of the former strongman’s hit squad told a truth commission on Tuesday. The testimony comes a day after another army officer accused Jammeh[Read More…]
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