(JollofNews) – The United Democratic Party (UDP) will Friday commemorate the first anniversary of the arrest and murder of its organising secretary, Ebrima Solong Sandeng, by Gambian security officers. Mr Sandeng died on 15th April 2016 less than 24 hours after he was arrested with a dozen other activists for[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: 10 State Guards Facing ‘Indefinite’ Detention
(JollofNews) – At least ten soldier of the Gambia’s State Guard Division have been arrested and detained in connection with the disappearance of detainees during the regime of former President Yahya Jammeh. Mr Jammeh, who ruled the Gambia for 22 years, is accused of committing many human rights abuses with[Read More…]
Gambia: Bodies Of Killed Coupists Exhumed
(JollofNews)- Authorities in the Gambia have exhumed the bodies of four foreign based Gambian dissidents who were killed in December 2014 while trying to topple the former regime of Yahya Jammeh. The decomposing bodies of Lamin Sanneh, Jaja Nyass, Njaga Jagne and Dawda Bojang were dug out of a secret burial[Read More…]
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