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GAMBIA: ORYX Energy Mounts Nine-Ground Appeal Against D2 Million Won by Former Employee and Moves to Stay Enforcement of Judgment
Petroleum company files notice of appeal and stay of execution after two days of the High Court judgment, swearing it cannot recover the D2.2 million if paid out before...
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GAMBIA: Kanifing Court Grants Bail to Bonnet-Ride Accused Despite Police Objection, but Abdul Wahab Jobarteh Spends Night at Mile 2
A Kanifing magistrate has granted bail to Abdul Wahab Jobarteh, the boy accused of driving off with a police sergeant lying on the bonnet...
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GAMBIA: Ousainou and Amie Bojang Appeal Adjourned to June 15th, as Counsel Directed to File Objection in Writing
The Court of Appeal has adjourned the case of The State v. Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang to Monday, the 15th of June 2026,...
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GAMBIA: UPDATE: Kanifing Court Grants Bail, but Abdul Wahab Jobarteh Transferred to Mile 2 as Day Ends Before Conditions Met
Police file fresh charges against bonnet-ride accused at Kanifing Court after Banjul Granted Bail. Having failed to secure a remand order at the Banjul...
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GAMBIA: Court Granted Bail to A Boy Charged With Attempted Murder After a police sergeant clung to a moving vehicle from Banjul to Manjai
A boy has been charged with attempted murder and three other counts after he allegedly drove off at speed with a police sergeant lying...
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GAMBIA: Boy Arraigned Over Banjul-to-Manjai Bonnet Ride That Left Officer Clinging to Moving Vehicle
A Boy has been charged with four counts, including attempted murder, after he allegedly drove off with a police sergeant lying on the bonnet...
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GAMBIA: Katim Touray (Kartel) Arraigned for Sharing a Girl’s Nude Video on WhatsApp and TikTok
Katim Touray, also known as Kartel, faces two charges before the Kanifing Magistrate Court: Publication of obscene material in electronic form and trafficking in...
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GAMBIA: Court Orders ORYX Energy to Pay Over D2 Million to Former IT Manager Over Wrongful Termination.
Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has ordered ORYX Energy (Gambia) Limited to pay its former Information Technology Manager more than two million dalasi...
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GAMBIA: State Files 17-Ground Appeal Against Acquittal of Ousainou and Amie Bojang
The State has filed a seventeen-ground Amended Notice of Appeal challenging the acquittal and discharge of Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang by the High...
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GAMBIA: Two Boys Convicted of Armed Robbery & Conspiracy Sentenced to Four & Ten Years
Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh of the High Court has convicted two boys of armed robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony following a trial...
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GAMBIA: State’s Appeal Against Ousainou and Amie Bojang Acquittal Adjourned For Definite Hearing
The Court of Appeal has adjourned the State's motion seeking leave to appeal the acquittal of Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang for a definite...
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GAMBIA: Man Sentenced to Death for Murder of 62-Year-Old Woman in Fajara Home Break-In
Ousainou Jallow suffocated Binta Gassama, 62, in her own bathroom during a robbery in September 2022. Nearly four years later, Justice I. Janneh found...
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GAMBIA: Securiport ATI Dispute Remains Before Information Commission as Silence Continues
Lawyer Ousman F. M’Bai has confirmed that his appeal before the Information Commission concerning the Securiport airport security fee contract remains unresolved following continued...
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GAMBIA: Justice on Trial: Former Commissioner Sambujang Fatty vs. The IGP 5 million Unlawful Termination lawsuit.
Counsel K. Jallow concluded her cross-examination of AIG Ebrima Bah in Sambujang Fatty lawsuits against IGP and the Attorney General. Sambujang Fatty, a former...
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GAMBIA: GALA Members Released After Court Grants Bail Following Westfield Arrests
The ruling of the court to release members of Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA) from police custody has been widely discussed across The Gambia...
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GAMBIA: The D5 million Legal Battle Against IGP Intensifies as AIG Ebrima Bah faces cross-examination
The lawsuit filed by former Deputy Commissioner Sambujang Fatty against the IGP and Attorney General intensified in the courtroom. Is this a case of...
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GAMBIA: President Barrow Swears In Special Prosecutor Martin Hackett
In a historic moment for The Gambia’s transitional justice process, His Excellency President Adama Barrow today, presided over the swearing-in of Special Prosecutor Mr....
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GAMBIA: High Court Acquits Three in FC/FGM Trial: Justice Janneh Blasts “Investigative Lapses” as Prosecution Case Collapses
Justice I. Janneh of the Bundung High Court has acquitted and discharged three women accused of performing a female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure...
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GAMBIA : Cable Thief Walks Free as High Court Fixes Sentencing Error But Deportation Stands
Justice Jobarteh upholds the three-month term and D25,000 compensation order against a Guinean national, but quashes the trial magistrate's unlawful direction that sentences run...
