PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE. The Office of the Inspector General of Police is currently investigating a case of sudden death of a child under suspicious circumstances. The child, 2-year-old Muhammed, is son of Fatou Ngoneh Mbye, a resident of Latri Kunda Sabiji, and currently a subject of an alleged […]
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The Gambia: Journalist arrested, charged with obstructing a police officer
The Editor-in-chief of Gainako Online Newspaper, Yusuf Taylor, was arrested and charged with “obstructing a police officer” and detained for four hours at the Senegambia Police Station on Tuesday, 5 July, 2022. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Gambia Press Union (GPU) in condemning this act […]
Police Arrest Bafuloto Murder Suspect
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE: Police in the West Coast Region have taken into custody a Bafuloto man believed to have stabbed his own brother to death, after an argument last week. The incident took place in Bafuloto early last week when Edward Nzally (Accused) had an argument with his […]
Fugitive who allegedly killed his father and fled to Senegal apprehended
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE: Saajuma Keita, a 30-year-old native of Tanji in the West Coast Region, who allegedly stabbed his own father to death and absconded to Senegal has been arrested and is currently held in the custody of the Gambia Police Force. The suspect, who managed to evade […]