(JollofNews) – Police in the Gambia have filed criminal charges against a group of private taxi drivers who were detained for staging a peaceful protest against the reduction of fares in the country. Sixty taxi drivers were arrested, according to a spokesman of the Gambia’s Police Force, Foday Conta. He[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: Immigration Boss Justifies Removal Of ‘Homeless’ Senegalese Children
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s Immigration Chief Buba Sanyang has defended the removal of ‘homeless’ Senegalese children from the tiny West African nation. “Fifty seven youngters ranging in age from 11 to 16 years were taken to the border with Senegal,” Buba Sanyang told this reporter in an exclusive interview. He said the[Read More…]
Gambia: Expelled Senegalese Nationals Were Children
(JollofNews) – Nearly 70 Senegalese nationals expelled from the Gambia into Senegal’s Casamance region on Sunday were children, a spokesman for the country’s Immigration Department has confirmed. Assistant Superintendent Mamanding S. Dibba, said the Senegalese aged between 11 and 16 years old were picked up on Friday night during a[Read More…]
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