GOV'T BOWS TO PRESSURE Frees Protesters, Publishes List Of Jammeh's Assets – The Standard Newspaper
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By: Kemo Kanyi The Gambia Police Force (GPF) arrested nearly 20 people on Thursday as a protest against the sale of the former Gambian strongman's assets turned chaotic. More than 16 protesters were charged with alleged unlawful assembly. A large crowd of protesters gathered Thursday morning at the Memorial Arch at the entrance to the Gambian capital, but riot police intervened and arrested nearly 20 people before taking them to the Banjul polic…
Gov’t discloses sales of Jammeh’s forfeited assets
However, an investigative report by The Republic on 30 April 2025 shocked the nation after names were revealed in connection with the buying of the assets. The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow in 2023 told the National Assembly that the individuals who bought former president Jammeh’s assets have not consented to the disclosure of their names to the public, and therefore as a government, they would not give the names to the …
GOV'T BOWS TO PRESSURE Frees Protesters, Publishes List Of Jammeh's Assets – The Standard Newspaper
After days of coordinated protests and popular mobilisation of youths calling for the publication of the full list and sale of assets seized from former president Yahya Jammeh, government on Saturday made the list public for the first time, six years since the process was concluded. It also freed dozens of earlier protesters arrested in a police crackdown on Thursday. Members of the protest group identified as GALA (Gambians Against Looted Ass…
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