(JollofNews) -The Gambia’s new minister for Lands and Regional Government was Thursday sworn-in at colourful ceremony at State House. Musa Amul Nyassi, who served as deputy governor of West Coast Region and village head of Bwiam, was appointed to the new post on May 5th by President Yahya Yahya Jammeh[Read More…]
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Gambia: Detained Businesswoman Narrates Harrowing Torture
(JollofNews) – A businesswoman arrested by Gambian security officers for allegedly taking part in an ‘unauthorised’ protest against the regime of President Yahya Jammeh has given a harrowing account of torture she and members of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) went through at National Intelligence Agency’s head office in[Read More…]
Gambian Coup Plotters Sentenced In America
(JollofNews) – A United States federal judge in St. Pauls, Minnesota, Thursday sentenced four US-based Gambian men for their involvement in the December 2014 ill-fated plot to overthrow the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh. Cherno Njie, Papa Faal, Banka Manneh and Alagie Saidy Barrow had all pleaded guilty to[Read More…]