The former interior minister Sonko goes on trial in Switzerland battling charges of crimes against humanity. The trial is on its fourth day and two witnesses have so far testified against Sonko: a serving military officer Lt. Col. Bunja Darboe tortured at the NIA in...
Sonko faces 9 counts of heinous crimes which constituted crimes against humanity. This includes murder, rape, false imprisonment, torture, among others. He faces 10 Gambian claimants in the 3-week trial which ends by January 30.
Picture Source: AFPDawda Nyassi was a former fighter in the Liberian civil war. He was believed to have been affiliated with Kukoi, a socialist “quack” revolutionary who seized power for about 2 weeks, in The Gambia in 1981. Nyassi would spend a few years...
Inside Rosewood Smuggling: Senegal and Gambia potentially robbed of over D300m in 'blood timber' export ...
A picture taken by Isha a day after the incident shows bruises on her neck The Gambia College has suspended Alasana Janneh, an admin assistant over the alleged rape attempt on a female student at his office last month.On September 24, a Malagen investigation exposed...
ROY's LAST FINGER IN JONGFOLO and TENENG's DOWNSTAIRS. PARENTS, POLICE SAY THAT's OK A police raid...
In this investigation Malagen reveals how the introduction of $20 security levy at the airport has caused possible financial loss of at least D274m to the state. And the party has just started. It has just been three years, 11 more years to go.The contract...
The Swiss authorities announced the move earlier this month - three years after human rights NGO Trial International filed a criminal complaint against Mr Buzaianu for environmental crimes over trafficking in ‘blood timber’.
President Adama Barrow’s decision to prosecute his predecessor Yahya Jammeh and his henchmen – and a woman – for murderous crimes has received widespread public support. For victims like 22-year-old Fatou Barrow (not related to President Barrow), who was just five months old when her...
Trafficking of timber is a multi-million dollar business that sustains a rebellion in Casamance, southern Senegal. In this investigation, Malagen exposes how a band of smugglers and business people in the Gambia, some of them politically connected, continue to profit from the illicit trade in...
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