A former Gambian minister in the erstwhile government of Yahya Jammeh who refused to incriminate himself at the truth commission was Monday charged with murder. Yankuba Touray, a former member of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), which toppled the Jawara government in 1994 and ruled the Gambia until[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: How Jammeh Plotted To Kill Me After He Failed To Silence My Newspaper
“If you stay in this country in the next 24 hours, you are dead. Disappear now” Thankfully, there are quite a number of patriotic folks in our combined security services – the police, the army, and even the once feared and notorious NIA – who did not either partake nor[Read More…]
Gambia: Detained Ex-Minister To Be Punished For Failing To Give Self-Incriminating Evidence At Truth Commission
Authorities in the Gambia have vowed to come down heavily on Former Jammeh-era Minister Yankuba Touray who was arrested Wednesday for refusing to incriminate himself at the truth commission. Abubacarr Tambadou , Attorney General and minister of Justice minister said Mr Touray’s actions and conduct were contemptuous and disrespectful to[Read More…]
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