Civil society activists in the Gambia are intensifying calls for the repeal of the Indemnity Act, a controversial legislation shielding those responsible for the students massacre in April 2000 from being prosecuted. The move comes in the wake of the commomeration of April 10 -11, which has been marked by[Read More…]
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2 Gambians Indicted In The US For Fraud
The US Justice Department has indicted two Gambian men on multiple counts of fraud involving a conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Omar Leigh, 25, of Smyrna, GA, and Kolley Touray, 39, of Milwaukee, WI, were indicted by a federal grand jury on one felony[Read More…]
Gambia: 18 Years Later, April 10th & 11th Victims Still Cry For Justice
This year yet again marks another anniversary when 14 Gambian children including a Red Cross volunteer where gunned to death by the security forces of the Republic of the Gambia. For 18 years, scores of survivors of this massacre continue to live with pain, poverty and deprivation without any support[Read More…]
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