(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has fired the head of the country’s notorious Mile Two Prisons, days after he vowed to improve the conditions of jails across the country. David Colley, Gambia’s long serving prisons commissioner, was sent packing Friday. No reasons was given for his sacking.[Read More…]
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Gambia: More Cabinet Ministers Appointed
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Wednesday named and confirmed the appointments of more ministers into his cabinet. Mr Barrow, 52, filled the vacant ministerial positions days after he was inaugurated on home soil as the country’s third president at a ceremony marking Gambia’s 52nd independence anniversary. The[Read More…]
Gambia Arrests Head Of Intelligence Agency Linked To Killings
(JollofNews) – Authorities in Gambia have detained the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, a body human rights groups say tortured and killed perceived opponents of former leader Yahya Jammeh, who went into exile last month after losing an election. The former director general of the agency, Yankuba Badgie,[Read More…]
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