The African Network Against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED) says it is waiting for The Gambia’s special Accountability Mechanism to begin prosecuting former President Yahya Jammeh and senior officials accused of serious human rights violations during his 22-year rule. In an interview with JollofNews, ANEKED Country Director Sirra Ndow[Read More…]
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Ex-Soldier Claims Role In ECOMIG Arrival, Funding Solo Sandeng Protest
Former Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) member Abdoulie Sanyang has claimed he was instrumental in bringing ECOMIG forces into The Gambia and that he and a group of partners financed the 2016 protest led by the late Solo Sandeng. Speaking Thursday on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez on West Coast Radio,[Read More…]
Gambia’s Ex-Death Squad Member Faces Sentencing In U.S.
The sentencing hearing for Michael Sang Correa, a former member of The Gambia’s notorious “junglers” death squad, will begin on August 22, 2025, in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado. The proceedings are expected to last five days. A federal jury in Denver found Correa guilty of five counts[Read More…]