(JollofNews) – Police in the Gambia have formally detained two brothers of former President Yahya Jammeh. Jalamang Jammeh and Sainey Jammeh are being held at the police headquarters in Banjul were they are being questioned by detectives at the Major Crime Unit. Their elder brother, Araba Jammeh, who is suffering[Read More…]
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Gambia: Ex-President Jammeh’s Brothers Questioned
(JollofNews)- Three brothers of Gambia’s former long-term ruler Yahya Jammeh are being questioned by Gambian authorities. Araba Jammeh, Jalamang Jammeh and Sainey Jammeh all of Kanilai Village were questioned on Wednesday by detectives at the police headquarters in Banjul for several hours. The men were first questioned at the police[Read More…]
Gambian Spy Recounts How Solo Sandeng Was Killed In State Custody
(JollofNews) – An intelligence officer attached at the Counter Intelligence Unit of the Gambia’s feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has narrated how an opposition activist was beaten to death by his former colleagues in April 2016. Dawda Ndure said Ebrima Solo Sandeng, organising secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP),[Read More…]