US EditionSuspect charged in killing of AFP's Gambia correspondent
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A former member of death squads in the Gambia, Sanna Manjang, was charged on Wednesday with the murder of the AFP correspondent in that country at the end of 2004, re-launching a case referring to the reign of terror of former President Yahya Jammeh, who was overthrown in 2017. (With: AFP). Sanna Manjang was arrested on Saturday in Senegal during a joint security operation and transferred to the Gambia on Tuesday. He was charged Wednesday by the…
Sanna Manjang charged with murder of Deyda Hydara, others
He therefore applied under Section 72 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 2024, to transfer the matter to the Special Criminal Division of the High Court in Banjul. He urged the court to remand the accused at Mile 2 Prisons, pending the transfer of the case to the High Court. Granting his application, the presiding magistrate told the court that she had gone through the charge sheet and further said that the court would transfer the case to the Hig…
Notorious Fugitive Sanna Manjang Remanded Over Triple Murder Charges
By: Dawda M. Jallow Sanna Manjang, a fugitive wanted in connection with multiple killings, was yesterday remanded at Mile II Central Prison following a hearing at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court presided over by Principal Magistrate Sallah M’bai. Manjang faces three counts of murder, all allegedly committed with malice aforethought, dating back to 2004 and 2006. The charges include the killing of Deyda Hydara in 2004 at Kanifing, and the deaths …
Sanna Manjang, a former alleged member of the Gambian death squads, was formally indicted on Wednesday for the murder in December 2004 of the AFP correspondent in The Gambia. The announcement was made at a hearing in Banjul, attended by a journalist from AFP. Arrested on Saturday in Senegal as part of a joint operation between the two countries, Manjang was handed over to the Gambian authorities on Tuesday before being brought to justice. The pr…
Former death squad member: Suspect charged in killing of AFP's Gambia correspondent
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