(JollofNews) – The Gambian family of an 18-year-old murder victim has made an appeal for an end to the “no grass” culture they believe has prevented the teenager’s killers being caught. Student Yusuf Sonko was shot dead in Liverpool in June but police are yet to charge anyone over his[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: NIA Officials Plead Not Guilty In Solo Sandeng Murder Trial
(JollofNews) – Ex-Director General of the defunct National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Yankuba Badgie and eight of his co-accused persons Thursday pleaded not guilty in the Ebrima Solo Sandeng murder trial. The high-profile criminal case resumed last week after prosecution and defense team battled over procedures for over five months, preventing[Read More…]
Gambia: Missing Activist’s Daughter ‘Frustrated’ With Pace Of Investigation
(JollofNews) – The daughter of an exiled Gambian activist, Saul Ndow, who was allegedly kidnapped and killed by agents of the former regime of Yahya Jammeh has accused the Government of President Adama Barrow of not doing enough to bring her father’s alleged killers to justice. Nana Jo Ndow said[Read More…]