President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Thursday sacked the country’s minister for the Interior and head of the Civil Service from his cabinet. Ebrima Mballow is succeeded as Interior minister by Yankuba Sonko, a former head of the country’s police force during the regime of Yahya Jammeh while Omar Camara[Read More…]
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Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambian Police Threatened To Circumcise Me In Detention
One of Gambia’s most persecuted journalists during the previous APRC regime of President Yahya Jammeh has revealed how he was tortured and threatened to be circumcised by senior Gambian police officers while in detention. Continuing his write-ups about his experiences as a journalist in the Gambia during the regime of[Read More…]
Gambia Frees Ex-Ruler’s Hitmen
Several members of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad who have revealed at the truth commission how they carried out several killings on the former president’s orders including the shooting and killing of Journalist Deyda Hydara of The Point Newspaper, suffocation of nine death row inmates with plastic bags, beheading[Read More…]