(JollofNews) – Thank you, Mr. President – but please stop Yankuba Badgie! Mr. President, first of all it is wonderful to create SIS and bury the NIA. Secondly, it is even more wonderful that the SIS will not have power to arrest or detain anyone. Arrest, as you stated earlier,[Read More…]
Politics
Gambia’s Feared NIA Renamed, Stripped Of Powers
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has been renamed the State Intelligence Services (SIS) and stripped of all its powers to arrest, detain and torture suspects. It comes as new President Adama Barrow pledged reforms of the state institution which was widely feared and hated by Gambians due[Read More…]
Weapons Seized From Gambia Ex-Leader’s Home: General
(JollofNews) – The west African force deployed in The Gambia to secure the nation’s presidential transition said Monday it had recovered weapons from the former leader’s home, and arrested a high-ranking Gambian general. Senegalese General Francois Ndiaye, who leads military forces sent by the Economic Community of West African States[Read More…]