(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…]
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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…]
EU Considers Travel Ban On Gambian Government Officials
(Jollofnews) Members of the European parliament Thursday called on member state to consider imposing a travel ban or other targeted sanctions on officials responsible for serious human rights abuses in the Gambia. The parliamentarians also called on the European Union and its member states to consider freezing all non-humanitarian assistance[Read More…]
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