A collision between two buses in central Senegal has left 40 people dead and dozens injured. Preliminary investigations suggested that one of the buses suffered a burst tyre and collided head-on with an oncoming bus, officials said. President Macky Sall has declared three days of mourning and has promised to[Read More…]
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Gambia Declares Warrant Officer Class 2 Lamin Jadama Fugitive From Justice
Press Release Dated: 07th January, 2023 Banjul, The Gambia — Following the recently foiled coup plot, The Gambia Government hereby declares Warrant Officer Class Two, Lamin Jadama a treasonous fugitive from Justice. Jadama, among a dozen soldiers and some civilians who conspired to overthrow the democratically elected Government of President[Read More…]
Soldiers & Officers Deny Treason Charges
Five soldiers and two officers of the Gambia Armed Forces( GAF) have denied charges of conspiring to endeavour or prepare the ground for Barrow’s removal. Sanna Fadera, Gibriel Darboe, Ebrima Sano, Omar Colley, Baboucarr Njie and Mbara Touray have all denied the charges of conspiring among themselves between October and[Read More…]
Senegal Blocks Opposition Demo Over Missing Covid-19 Funds
The Senegalese authorities on Thursday banned a demonstration planned for Friday in Dakar by the opposition, to denounce irregularities in the management of an anti-covid fund identified in a report by the Court of Auditors, an official source said. A decree by the prefect of Dakar states that “the place[Read More…]
Nat’l Security Adviser Hints At Conspiracy Between Military & Civilians In ‘Coup Attempt’
The National Security Adviser, Abubakarr Suleiman Jeng, has hinted at suspected elaborate web of conspiracy between civilians and some members of the Gambia’s army in an “attempt to overthrow the democratically-elected government of President Adama Barrow”. Though, he did not name names of the civilians suspected of collaborating in the[Read More…]
Alleged Coup Plotters Plan To Seize & Seal Off State House – Reveals NSA
The National Security Adviser (NSA) has revealed that Cpl. Sana Fadera and alleged accomplices had planned to seize the State House with further plans to take Cabinet ministers and senior government functionaries hostages to forestall any intervention. “The said plan shows the composition of the formations that were to participate,[Read More…]
Darboe Calls On Army To Step In As January Protest Looms Larger
Political commentator Omar Bonny Darboe has called on the Gambia’s military to provide protection for citizens, who plan to descend down the streets next week, to protest the continued detention of Momodou Sabally. As citizens increasingly lose faith in the ability of the police to protect their rights to a[Read More…]
More Protests For Sabally’s Release Planned
Organizers of today’s protest for the release of Momodou Sabally are hoping to draw bigger crowds onto the streets next weekend if the authorities refuse to release him. A sizeable but significant protest erupted on Sunday morning at the usually boisterous Westfield intersection for the release of Mr. Momodou Sabally.[Read More…]
‘Sabally’s Wife Evacuated By Red Cross Volunteers Following Teargas Attack’
The wife of Momodou Sabally was reported to have been receiving care from volunteers of the Gambia Red Cross following the violent break up of a peaceful protest organized to demand her husband’s release. According to sources, Mrs. Jai Sarr-Sabally was among her husband’s well-wishers at Westfield this morning but[Read More…]
Sabally’s Lawyer Reports Police Brutality
The lawyer for Momodou Sabally said he was this morning manhandled by the paramilitary deployed to break up a peaceful protest for the release of his client. A sizeable crowd of youth this morning staged a protest at Westfield as Sabally continues to be detained by the Gambian authorities. But[Read More…]
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