(JollofNews)- Whilst Gambia celebrates an end to dictatorship and revels in a historic and peaceful transfer of power that culminated in the swearing in of a new president, it is worth repeating that there was nothing peaceful in the Gambia for 22 long years. As a result, hopelessness and[Read More…]
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Gambia: Bodies Of Killed Coupists Exhumed
(JollofNews)- Authorities in the Gambia have exhumed the bodies of four foreign based Gambian dissidents who were killed in December 2014 while trying to topple the former regime of Yahya Jammeh. The decomposing bodies of Lamin Sanneh, Jaja Nyass, Njaga Jagne and Dawda Bojang were dug out of a secret burial[Read More…]
Gambia: President Barrow Beseeched To Be Sensitive To Jammeh’s Victims
(JollofNews) – The sister of former US army captain Njaga Jagne who was killed in the December 2014 coup attempt against the previous Gambian regime of Yahya Jammeh Friday called on President Adama Barrow and his administration to be sensitive to the emotional trauma of Mr Jammeh’s victims. Sigga Jagne said[Read More…]
Gambia: 12/30 Coup Plotter Ready To Serve Post-Jammeh Regime
(JollofNews) – In Brooklyn Park, Papa Faal waits until daybreak for presidential election returns from Gambia. The fate of the West African strongman Faal tried to dislodge in an armed coup is on the line, and he cannot sleep. The botched 2014 coup thrust the soft-spoken father into international headlines.[Read More…]
US Court To Pass Sentence On Gambian Coup Plotters
(JollofNews) – A United States federal judge in St. Pauls, Minnesota, will on Thursday afternoon pass sentence on four US-based Gambian men involved in the December 2014 ill-fated plot to overthrow the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh. Cherno Njie, Papa Faal, Banka Manneh and Alagie Saidy Barrow have all[Read More…]