(JollofNews) – A Gambian opposition activist who led April’s demonstration against the regime of President Yahya Jammeh died during enhanced interrogation by security officials, Saihou Omar Jeng, director of operations at the Gambia’s feared National Intelligence Agency reveals. Ebrima Solo Sandeng, organising secretary of the main opposition United Democratic Party[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Opposition Leader Warns President Jammeh
(JollofNews) –An opposition leader in the Gambia has warned President Yahya Jammeh against using force to sustain his grip on power. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said using truncheons, cudgels, tear gas canisters, hose pipes, rubber bullets, live bullets and mass graves to[Read More…]
Amnesty Int’l Swipes At Gambia’s Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is blind to what international groups see as a deterioration of human rights in Gambia, an Amnesty International official says. Adotei Akwei, managing director for government relations at Amnesty International USA, said his organisation and other civil society groups will continue to publicise human[Read More…]