(JollofNews) – A popular Gambian radio station has been ordered to shut down by the authorities as part of a crackdown following last month’s disputed presidential election. Officials of the feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) ordered the Teranga radio station, “to stop broadcasting with immediate effect”, said the source, who[Read More…]
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Gambia Urged To Release Detained Former Minister
(JollofNews) – Amnesty International has launched a petition calling on the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh to release a former minister who is languishing in detention. Momodou Sajo Jallow, a ex-deputy minister of Foreign Affairs has been held incommunicado for more than two months at the National Intelligence Agency[Read More…]
Gambian Authorities Urged To Release Detained Journalists
(JollofNews) – Gambian authorities should immediately release a journalist and the head of the state-owned broadcaster who have been held without charge or access to their families or lawyers for a week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Friday. The arrests came in the run-up to presidential elections scheduled[Read More…]
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