An opposition political party has called for full accountability and transparent implementation of a parliamentary report examining how assets forfeited to the state after the fall of former ruler Yahya Jammeh were managed and sold. Gambia For All (GFA) said it welcomed the tabling of the National Assembly’s Special Select[Read More…]
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‘Lack of Jurisdiction’: Magistrate Declines To Hear Murder Charges Against Ex-Jungler Sanna Manjang
Principal Magistrate Sallah Mbye has refused to preside over the murder case of former Jungler operative Sanna Manjang, ruling that the charges fall outside the jurisdiction of the Magistrates’ Court. Manjang, a former member of ex-president Yahya Jammeh’s feared paramilitary unit known as the Junglers, appeared in court on Wednesday[Read More…]
Extradited ‘Jungler’ Manjang Faces Toughest Military Charges Yet
Lieutenant Colonel Sanna Manjang, one of the most feared names from the Jammeh-era Junglers, has been delivered back to Gambian authorities after eight years on the run. His extradition from Senegal on December 2 has triggered a legal storm that insiders say could end in the harshest punishment available under[Read More…]
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