(JollofNews) – Gambians are voting in the first parliamentary elections since the defeat of the country’s former long-term ruler Yahya Jammeh. 238 candidates are contesting the 53 parliamentary seats and over 800, 000 people are registered to vote in the election according to the country’s electoral commission. The United Democratic[Read More…]
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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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