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The Chief Imam of Liberia, Sheik Ali Krayee terms the placing of campaign posters of President George Manneh Weah on the Benson Street Central Mosque by partisans of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) over the weekend as a desecration of the Mosque.

Gambia: The story of a government-sanctioned massacre and its cover-up 11 March 2021By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul After establishing that the July 2005 massacre of more than 50 West African migrants was perpetrated by state authorities, Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has exposed the government’s cover-up that followed. No one from the entire security sector of the country was spared. Share Republish × You are free to republish this article ...

Gambia: Did Jammeh order the killing of migrants? 2 March 2021By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul This is the largest massacre committed during the 22 years of Yahya Jammehs reign in the Gambia. More than fifty migrants were executed in July 2005. Clear evidence that it was carried out on the orders of the government was so far the missing piece. Last week, key testimonies before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission implicated former President Yahya Jammeh himsel...

GAMBIA: FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BASSE MAGISTRATE COURT CANNABIS THEFT-SPOKESMAN NJIE REVEALS December 13, 2020 Police Spokesman Superintendent Lamin Njie has disclosed that five people have been charged in connection with the Basse magistrate court cannabis theft case. He says the three charged accused persons were judicial officers. “Very well, they have been charged, like for example, one has been charged with removal of exhibit, another one has been charged wit...