Children in The Gambia go to school on hungry bellies, JollofNews found out. The deepening nutritional and food insecurity that the country wallows in are increasingly threatening the cognitive development of children, JollofNews discovered. Dwindling household incomes and rising food prices have forced several Gambian families to curtail the number[Read More…]
Tag: Human Rights
Alleged Gambian Death Squad Member Denies German Charges
A Gambian man on trial in Germany accused of belonging to a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist, on Thursday denied the charges. “I did not participate in these acts,” the defendant Bai Lowe’s lawyer told the court in the northern town[Read More…]
Ba-Kawsu Still Held Under Custody
Islamic scholar Ba-Kawsu Fofana is still at the Banjulinding police station where he was invited earlier today for “questioning”. According to his brother Ba-Omar Fofana, the Islamic cleric has been charged with three counts of unlawful assembly, immorality and failure to rein Serit Fofana, who was alleged to have threatened[Read More…]
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