(JollofNews) – The Government of the Gambia will set up a commission to investigate last Friday’s clash in Kanilai between residents of Foni and officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia (Ecomig). This was revealed to JollofNews by Demba Jawo, Information, Communication and Technology minister. According[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia: Two Injured In Foni Anti-ECOMIG Protest
Gambia’s Opposition Calls For Investigation Into Shooting Of Unarmed Foni Protesters
(JollofNews) – An opposition party in the Gambia has called on the Gambian regime of President Adama Barrow to launch an immediate investigation into Friday’s shooting of unarmed protesters in Foni. The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) said it condemns the use of live ammunition by officers of the Senegal led[Read More…]
Gambia: Foni Residents Deny Carrying Arms At Kanilai Protest
(JollofNews) – Residents of Foni have rubbished allegations that they were armed with single barrel guns and machetes during Friday’s fatal clash in Kanilai with officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia. The residents who took to the streets to protest against the heavy military presence[Read More…]
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…]
Gambia: Injured Foni Protester Dies
(JollofNews) – A resident of Foni who was injured in Friday’s clash in Kanilai with officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia has died of his injuries, says reports from Banjul. The protester who is identified by locals as Haruna Jatta, is reported to have died[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Gambia Does Not Belong to Yaya Jammeh!
(JollofNews) – The Constitution of the Gambia provides for presidential elections every five years. On 1 December 2016 we went to the fifth presidential elections of the Second Republic. Yaya Jammeh lost to Adama Barrow yet he refused to step down until the whole world had to get involved in[Read More…]
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