(JollofNews) Gambia’s ousted ruler Yahya Jammeh has used the country’s feared National Intelligence (NIA) to spy on President Adama Barrow and his colleagues during last year’s presidential elections, a report into the conduct of the agency says. According to the report, an unamed NIA officer on study leave was planted[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia Charges Foni Protesters With Unlawful Assembly
(JollofNews) – Authorities in the Gambia have slapped criminal charges against 13 residents of Foni involved in Friday’s protest against the militarisation of the community. The protesters are accused (under archaic’ British colonial law) of unlawful assembly, incitement of violence, riot and conspiracy to commit misdemeanor. They denied the allegations[Read More…]
Gambia: Foni Residents Deny Carrying Arms At Kanilai Protest
(JollofNews) – Residents of Foni have rubbished allegations that they were armed with single barrel guns and machetes during Friday’s fatal clash in Kanilai with officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia. The residents who took to the streets to protest against the heavy military presence[Read More…]
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