A former Gambian Finance minister who was jailed in the previous regime of Yahya Jammeh has lost his fight to get his criminal record expunged. Amadou Sanneh, national treasurer of the opposition United Democratic (UDP), was in 2013 convicted by special criminal court judge of sedition and sentenced to up[Read More…]
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Gambian Police Officer Charged With Murder Of University Student
A serving Gambian police constable who plunged a knifed into a 25-year-old man and left him to died in a pool of his own blood has been charged with murder. First Class Constable Lamin Trawally allegedly stabbed Kebba Secka, a Business and Administration student of the University of the Gambia[Read More…]
Gambian Journalist Recounts 22 Days Of Detention, Horrific Torture
by PK Jarju Going through photos of his days as a young editor back in his native Gambia, Musa Saidykhan fights back tears. While most journalists reflect on their careers with pride, Mr Saidykhan feels no such fondness. His intentions to remain in his home country, to use his pen[Read More…]
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