Fresh discussions between Ghana and The Gambia over accountability for the 2005 killing of West African migrants have brought renewed attention to one of the darkest episodes of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s rule. Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, disclosed on Sunday that he held bilateral talks with[Read More…]
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Gambian Ex-Soldier Faces U.S. Citizenship Revocation Over 1994 Executions
The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil denaturalization case against a Gambian-born former military police officer accused of participating in the extrajudicial execution of six soldiers during the early days of former President Yahya Jammeh’s rule. According to the Department of Justice, Baboucarr Mboob, 58, allegedly concealed[Read More…]
‘Lack of Jurisdiction’: Magistrate Declines To Hear Murder Charges Against Ex-Jungler Sanna Manjang
Principal Magistrate Sallah Mbye has refused to preside over the murder case of former Jungler operative Sanna Manjang, ruling that the charges fall outside the jurisdiction of the Magistrates’ Court. Manjang, a former member of ex-president Yahya Jammeh’s feared paramilitary unit known as the Junglers, appeared in court on Wednesday[Read More…]
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