(JollofNews) – State prosecutors in the Gambia have slapped criminal charges against a soldier accused of threatening to defend the properties of former President Yahya Jammeh at all cost during a demonstration in Kanilai by residents of Foni against the militarisation of their community. Prosecutors said the demonstration was[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia: Injured Foni Protester Dies
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: We Cannot Wait For Jammeh’s Supporters To Accept The Political Realty
(JollofNews)- The Kanilia incident of the other day is not a Foni fracas. Unless if someone can tell me that every village in Foni sent members to join the incident. Otherwise, the Farato riot should be referred to as the Kombo riot. Kanilia is not Foni although one of the[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Agitations In Foni And The Hard Truth
(JollofNews) – First of all, I wish to stand with Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty in his last night statement concerning the events in Kanilai in calling for respect for the rule of law and upholding of democratic principles. I welcome his reconciliatory initiatives to engage local leaders. While I wish[Read More…]
Gambia: Interior Minister Accuses Foni Protesters Of Provocation
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s Interior minister, Mai Ahmad Fatty, has described Friday’s protest in Kanilai by residents of Foni against the heavy military presence in their community as an act of provocation. In a televised address to the nation on Saturday, Mr Fatty said the protesters from ‘villages in Foni[Read More…]
Gambia: President Barrow Refuses To Condemn Shooting Of Foni Protesters
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has refused to condemn Friday’s shooting of protesters in Kanilai by officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia. Residents of Foni on Friday afternoon gathered in former President Yahya Jammeh’s native village, Kanilai, some 119km from Banjul, to[Read More…]
Gambia: Foni Protester Died Of Gunshot Wound
(JollofNews) – A resident of Foni who was shot in Kanilai on Friday by officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia had died of gunshot wounds, a medical report has comfirmed. Haruna Jatta, 54, of Kanilai, was among thousands of Foni residents who peacefully gathered in former[Read More…]
NEWS LIKE YOU, ON THE GO
