(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…]

(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…]

(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has refused to condemn Friday’s shooting of protesters in Kanilai by officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia. Residents of Foni on Friday afternoon gathered in former President Yahya Jammeh’s native village, Kanilai, some 119km from Banjul, to[Read More…]