GPU Asks Police To Drop Charge Against Journalist Darboe – The Standard Newspaper

GPU Expresses Concern Over Arrest of Jollof news Editor

By: Haddy Touray The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has expressed concern over the arrest of Momodou Justice Darboe, Editor of Jollof News Online, on Wednesday at the Banjul Magistrates Court. Darboe was covering the trial of two Austrian nationals, Manuel Di Stofleth Mitterer and Angelika Mitterer, who face charges of “disobedience to lawful orders” after allegedly refusing in July 2025 to provide investigators access to their cryptocurrency accounts…

GPU Asks Police To Drop Charge Against Journalist Darboe – The Standard Newspaper

The Gambia Press Union has called on the police to drop a charge of common assault against Momodou ‘Justice’ Darboe, the editor of Jollof News Online. The police claimed Darboe assaulted a police officer. According to the GPU on Tuesday, Darboe was on a routine coverage at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court of the trial of two Austrian nationals, Manuel Di Stofleth Mitterer and Angelika Mitterer, who are being tried on charges of “disobedience to law…