Justice Joseph Wowo’s story highlights a long-standing legal and diplomatic conflict, rooted in alleged anti-Nigerian sentiment and a corrupt political system under former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. Wowo, a Nigerian judge who served as the Chief Justice of The Gambia for a brief period in 2013, maintains that his removal[Read More…]
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Gambian Dealer Tipped Drugs Out Of Bedroom Window As Police Raided His House
Sambou Kassama, a 27-year-old Gambian drug dealer, was sentenced to 52 months in prison after being found guilty of multiple drug-related offenses in Cardiff. Kassama was seen discarding white powder and attempting to hide in a neighbor’s garden during a police raid on his home. Authorities found crack cocaine, heroin,[Read More…]
Gambia Cleared To Dispatch Peacekeepers To Sierra Leone
Gambian MPs have voted to send peacekeeping troops to Sierra Leone as part of an ECOWAS stabilization mission aimed at maintaining peace following recent tensions and a failed coup attempt. The vote, held on Tuesday, overwhelmingly supported the government’s proposal to contribute a motorized infantry unit to the mission, which[Read More…]
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