Mauritanian Man Died In The Hands Of Police In Gambia.

El Hadrami Mohameden Zayid, 57, residing at Ebo Town, was yesterday confirmed death by the Serekunda General Hospital in Kanifing. He was rushed to the hospital by his wife and neighbors after...

March 22, 2017

Mauritanian man, an Afra seller, El Hadrami Mohameden Zayid, 57, residing at Ebo Town, was yesterday confirmed death by the Serekunda General Hospital in Kanifing. He was rushed to the hospital by his wife and neighbors after he was abandoned at the compound gate by a police patrol team led by Corporal Badjie.  Mr. Badjie and his colleagues have been accused of manhandling the man to death.

According to his wife, Zayid was said to be an asthmatic patient.

According to an eye witness Pa Ousman Jatta, son to the landlord, said ’’ the police officers entered their compound asking for the deceased and he escorted them to Zayid’s apartment and after seeing the deceased, the police patrol team leader told Zayid that he was suspected and accused of receiving and buying stolen animals- a sheep and goat.”

People Killed By Authorities In Gambia.

A 34 year-old married man named Lamin Krubally, died in the custody of the Nema Kunku police on Wednesday, 12 July 2017, around 6pm, according to Foroyaa newspaper.

The wife, Mrs. Rohey Jarju, said she found the lifeless body of her husband in the cell of the Nema Kunku Police Station. Mr Krubally was detained following a fight he had with a neighbor.

Gambia News In Brief.

Colonel Sait Njie was the Commanding Officer of First Infantry Battalion, Yundum from 2013 until Friday July 14th, 2017. He handed over in a colorful ceremony to the incoming CO lt. Col. Bubacar Sanyang.
Colonel Sait Njie attended Armitage High School before he was enlisted in the GAF on 1st May 1996.
The incoming CO of 1 Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Babucarr Sanyang was enlisted in the Gambia National Army in 11 August 1984 and did his training under the British Army Training Team. (From the daily observer)

Victims Of Gambia 2006 Abortive Coup.

Our murdered boys(L-R) Lt.Pharing Sanyang, Alieu Ceesay, Sainey Mendy and RSM Alpha Bah. picture taken days before their brutal murder

Although there is a corpus of literature about them, yet nowhere have their images been seen except for the forced video confessions shortly after their alleged complicity in the foiled coup allegedly masterminded by fugitive army Chief Colonel Ndure Cham in March, 2006.

 Today, Panorama news is gracious to our sources for providing us with their photo taken barely three weeks in the prelude to the alleged coup.

Lieutenant Pharing Sanyang was severely tortured until he lapsed into coma as revealed in his chilling testimony before the Kangaroo tribunal presided by a hustler turned mercenary judge in the person of Justice Akomaye Agim once Director of Public Prosecution and since elevated to the coveted rank of Appeals Court President. Lieutenant Sanyang was tortured by the regime’s most brutal thugs like the late Major Musa Jammeh, and the late Captain Momodou Tumbul Tamba;

Alieu Badara Ceesay formerly of the Nusrat High School and a graduate of Fort Benning, Georgia in the USA who despite official reports that he escaped during the prisoner transfer, we report with overwhelming evidence from our most authoritative State House sources, that he too was severely tortured, his head wrapped with heavy-duty trash bags and forced to confess. Reveal our sources; Ceesay was beaten with heavy-duty electric cables that left him in a pool of blood while the thugs continued to kick, pummel and simultaneously hitting his head and eyes with AK-47 riffle butts. Only the gods of Marena Parade; the ill-fated avenue where the predacious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is headquartered, know how many times Lieutenant Ceesay lapsed into coma and then regained consciousness during these cruel torture sessions by rogues masquerading as military officers. Ceesay is survived by a wife and a young son about 7 years old son.

Lieutenant Sainey Mendy formerly a star student at the Saint Augustine’s High School and a graduate of the elite British military Academy, Sand Hurst. Mendy had served as Adjutant at both the State House and Yundum Military Barracks. As if by divine deliverance, reveal our military sources, Lieutenant Mendy was scheduled to return to England for further military training when the coup drama unfolded. In the pandemonium that ensued, Mendy quickly took off for his military studies leaving behind what was to become a trail of havoc and destruction of human life by the authoritarian regime of Yahya Jammeh. Says our military whistle blower, Lieutenant Mendy’s lonely impunity from Jammeh’s killing machine, is distance. Adds Kissy Kissy Mansa, Lt. Sainey Mendy should be thankful to God for narrowly escaping the gallows for there is no escaping the reality that if he had stayed a little longer, he too would have either disappeared or faced Justice Agim kangaroo tribunal.; According to X , Lt. Mendy’s alter ego  in The Gambia National Army (GNA) was Flight Lieutenant Ebou Lowe from Bakau and like Ceesay; Lowe was brutally tortured and then also executed cold blood. According to OX, Lt. Mendy, Lt. Lowe and Lt. Modou Alieu Bah of Kombo Lamin sentenced to 25 years by Justice Agim, were batch mates and were in fact, commissioned the same day as lieutenants.

Regimental Sergeant Major Alpha Bah (a.k.a Lesso Fula for bed). A member of the GNA and  Intake under the British Army Training Team (BATT). Bah who enlisted in 1988 was a veteran of the Liberian war with Sir Jackal- Sgt. Alhagie Cham-Joof. Remembered as a brave soldier, Alpha had also served in the military crisis in Guinea Bissau and was so famous that soldiers referred to him as the Alkalis (Village Chief) of Bakau Military Depot, an accolade informers at the barracks twisted making President Jammeh believe that was a potential threat to his regime. In his forced video confession, Bah had asked President Jammeh to spare their lives considering that they were very young and recently married. He invoked the ominous fate of his two boys who would be fatherless should he executed. All that fell in deaf ears and like the erstwhile NIA Director General Daba Marena, Lt. Alieu Badara Ceesay, Lt. Ebou Lowe and Staff Sergeant Manlafi Corr, Sgt. Major Alpha Bah too was severely tortured and then brutally executed by President Yahya Jammeh’s thugs.

Pharing Sanyang, Gambia National Army.

Second Lieutenant Pharing Sanyang is a member of The Gambia Armed Forces. He was arrested following the March 21st 2006 abortive coup plot against the government of The Gambia. While on trial, he told the court that he was subjected to serious torture during arrest. He was in the vehicle with Lance Corporal Malick Jatta, Corporal Ismaila Jammeh and Private Alieu Jeng, he was mal-treated by Malick Jatta. "Malick Jatta told me, yesterday was your day but today is my day. I asked him, how can you talk to me like that? He told me he would show me what he was going to do next. He tore off my uniform and started putting off his cigarette on my left shoulder. The cigarette burned my skin and I still have the scars," Sanyang lamented. He said that Corporal Ismaila Jammeh intervened and told Malick Jatta, 'How can you talk to him like this?' Malick responded by saying, 'This is an order that I received.' Corporal Jammeh told him that 'All orders are received but not all orders are executed,' he stressed.
Sanyang was later released from jail by Jammeh around 2014 and subsequently reinstated into the army by President Adama Barrow around April 2017.

Gambia, Unlawful Detention Of Soldiers Continues.

As of July 5th 2017 when Foroyaa published this list of soldiers. The soldiers have been held for a long time without trial.

1. Ismaila Jammeh, WO Class 1 
2. Pa Sanneh,    WO Class 1
3. Alieu Jeng, WO Class 1
4. Abdoulie Jallow alias Jallino, WO Class 2. He is a native of Giboro.
5. Staff Sergeant Lamin Sambou
6. Staff Sergeant Lamin Badgie 
7. Staff Sergeant Amadou Badgie
8. Staff Sergeant Omar Jallow alias Oya 
9. Lt Malick Jatta 
10. Staff Sergeant Musa Johnson.

Following the publication of the list, the authorities contacted Foroyaa stating that Musa Johnson was no longer in custody.

Background: Family sources claim Major Wally Nyang is said to have been arrested and detained on 3 March 2010; But fellow detainees Staff Sergeant Abdoulie Jallow from Giboro Kuta village in the West Coast Region; Lance Corporal Sang Mendy of Tumani Tenda village; and WO2 Bai Lowe from Fass Njaga Choi of the North Bank Region; were arrested on 8 July 2010, at their guard post in Kanilai, President Yahya Jammeh’s home village.
Major Wally Nyang, Warrant Officer 2 Bai Lowe, Staff Sergeant Abdoulie Jallow and Lance Corporal Sang Mendy were granted bail in absentia as the prison authorities failed to bring them to court, a trend responsible for denial of justice in the country. kibarro...

Gambia’s High Court in Banjul on Wednesday 14 March 2012, ordered the release of four of the five military personnel who have been in detention for 1-year 8 months without any known crime.

Major Wally Nyang, Warrant Officer Bai Lowe, Staff Sergeant Abdoulie Jallow, Lance Corporal Sang Mendy and ex-Lance Corporal Abdoulie were reportedly arrested in June 2010 at the military post at President Jammeh’s home village of Kanilai in the West Coast Region.
They were since then being kept at the central prisons Mile 2 situated at the outskirts of Banjul.
The Gambia Armed Forces had repeatedly denied knowledge of their detention....Binta bah blog.

Modou Sowe, Deputy Inspector General Of Police, Gambia

Former deputy Inspector general oGambia police

Until his demotion and redeployment recently, Modou Sowe was the deputy inspector general of Gambia police. But this came to an end recently when the UDP led government in the Gambia demoted him. Sowe was the commander whose unit intercepted the UDP in 2015 in the outskirts of Fass Njaga-Choi. The UDP was then the main opposition party in the Gambia at the time. But, commissioner Sowe and his men barricaded the road at Fass Njaga-Choi to prevent UDP from continuing their Nationwide campaign. For his role in preventing the UDP, commander Modou Sowe was promoted to deputy inspector general of Gambia police by former president Jammeh.

Alieu K Jammeh, Gambia Former Minister.

 Alieu K Jammeh was a former Gambia minister for youth and sports during the regime of Yaya Jammeh. Though he shared a last name with former president, they are from two entirely different ethic groups. Alieu was born in Illiyasa. He attended primary education in Illiyasa and Farafenni before going to Armitage High School in Janjanbureh. He continued to sixth form in Gambia High School. He went to Uganda on an Islamic scholarship and then to Malaysia. Below, is the rest of the academic profile, probably created by Alieu himself.

EDUCATION:	University of York, United Kingdom Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit Masters in Post-War Recovery Studies, July 2003 International Islamic University, Malaysia Faculty of Human Science in Political Science (MHSPS) Masters in Political Science, October 2000 Islamic University in Uganda Faculty of Management Studies Bachelors in Public Administration, June 1997
AREAS OF INTEREST:	Administration; Capacity Building; Conflict Prevention; Emergency Response; Governance; Humanitarian Work; Peace-building; Post-Conflict Recovery; Research.
HONOURS:	Association of Commonwealth Universities' Award. College Scholarship, M.A. Upper Second Class Honours. College Scholarship, B.A. Upper Second Class Honours.
EXPERIENCE:	Hon. Minister, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, February 2012 - Present  Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, June 2011 – February 2012 Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, October 2010 – June 2011 Deputy Permanent Secretary (Youth Affairs), Ministry of Youth and Sports, Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, January 2010 – September 2010 On Secondment as Programme Officer, West Africa Network for Peace-building – The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia. November (Statehouse website)

Former Minister for Youth and Sports during the Jammeh regime, Alieu Jammeh has been appointed as overseer at the University of The Gambia’s planning office in June 2017.

According to credible sources, Mr. Jammeh’s appointment came after a directive from the office President Barrow was issued to hire him. “A directive came that he should be appointed as he awaits a position in our Foreign Missions within the next six months” a source disclosed. Fatu network.

Victim of battery and attempted sexual assault in the city of Kotu, Gambia

A citizen captured these horrific images of a victim of sexual battery and assault in city of Kotu, in the the Gambia. Kotu lies between Serrekunda and the more secure tourist area. The woman whose name was not released is said to have reported the assault to the police.

According to the citizens who shared the details of the attack, the incident happened on Friday June 30th during a heavy down pore of rain. The woman decided to go get something outside because of fears that the item may be washed away by the rain. But someone emerged from the dark and quickly overpowered the unsuspecting woman. The terrified lady screamed, but no one could hear her screaming due to the heavy down pour. Realizing that help was not available, the woman came up with a plan B. According to the message shared by the individual reporting the attack, the woman convinced her attacker to allow her to undress as she had given up the fight. Her attacker then let her free to purportedly undress. But the woman took off running, thereby alerting her neighbors. Unfortunately, the criminal disappeared into the dark as the neighbors came to find out what the commotion was about. The police are said to be investigating.