About six members of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, The Jungulars, who are currently held for months without charged are being considered for release, the country’s Justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou has said. The Jungulars were used by Mr Jammeh to carryout torture and extra-judicial killings of his opponents and[Read More…]
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Estimated 89000 Gambians In Need Of Food Assistance
An estimated 89000 people in the Gambia will be in need of food assistance between this June and August due to the drop in 2018 production of groundnuts, the major cash crop, a regional study has revealed. According to The Cadre Harmonisé (CH), a current regional framework aimed to prevent[Read More…]
Gambia: Murdered Death Row Inmates Were Suffocated With Plastic Bags
Nine death row prisoners who were executed in the Gambia in August 2012 were suffocated with plastic bags before their bodies were dumped in a disused well, a member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, The Jungulars, today revealed at the truth commission. The revelation was made days[Read More…]
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