(JollofNews) – A judge in the Gambia has denied bail to over a dozen opposition members who were indicted for “unlawful assembly” and other charges. Justice O. Ottaba of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul Wednesday ruled releasing the United Democratic Party (UDP) members will send a bad signal to[Read More…]
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US Court To Pass Sentence On Gambian Coup Plotters
(JollofNews) – A United States federal judge in St. Pauls, Minnesota, will on Thursday afternoon pass sentence on four US-based Gambian men involved in the December 2014 ill-fated plot to overthrow the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh. Cherno Njie, Papa Faal, Banka Manneh and Alagie Saidy Barrow have all[Read More…]
Gambia: President Jammeh’s Farm Manager Jailed For Theft
A former manager of President Yahya Jammeh’s Kanilai Family Farm, Lang Conteh, was Thursday given a two-year jail term with hard labour by a local magistrate after he was found guilty of theft. Mr Conteh was found guilty of stealing D1, 538,804.95 from the president’s business between 2012 and 2013,[Read More…]
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