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GAMBIA: Accused Man Facing Defilement Charges Claims Setup After Victim Testifies in Court
The Kanifing Magistrate's court, before Principal Magistrate Sallah Mbye, commenced hearing a defilement charge against Muhammad Sillah for having s*x with a 17-year-old girl.
Muhammed...
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GAMBIA: Tears in Brikama Court as Witnesses Recount Alleged Police Torture of Omar Badjie
Emotional testimony gripped the Brikama Magistrates' Court as the inquest into the death of 27-year-old Omar Badjie continued.
Two witnesses provided harrowing accounts of the...
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GAMBIA: High Court Set to Hear Forty Million Dalasi Negligence Suit Against National Road Authority Over Toddler’s Drowning
The High Court has set the commencement of a high-profile civil suit against the National Road Authority (NRA). Ebrima Manneh, a farmer from Basse...
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GAMBIA: Project Manager Convicted of Squandering Charity Funds
Project manager, Ebrima Ceesay, has been convicted by the Banjul Magistrates' Court for the fraudulent disposal of over 6 million dalasis belonging to a...
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GAMBIA: Witness Claims Lawyer Facilitated Payments; Accuses Former GP MD of Hiding Million-Euro Transaction in GACH Global Civil Suit
The civil suit involving GACH Global against Khadijatou Kebbeh and Saikou Drammeh reached a critical juncture during the cross-examination of prosecution witness Abdoulie Saine.
The...
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GAMBIA: Tradition Versus Law: Mariama Njie Former Circumciser Questions Ban on FGM
Constitutional challenge to the ban on female circumcision, Supreme Court before a five-panel of Judges led by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow.
The plaintiffs seek...
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GAMBIA: Major Blow to Traffickers: 15 Nabbed in Gambian Drug Bust
The suspects, whose ages range from 20 to 57, were captured at multiple sites nationwide from December 12 to December 21, 2025.
Among those arrested...
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GAMBIA: Torn Statements and Marabout Allegations in GACH Global Trial
The ongoing legal battle between GACH Global and defendants Khadijatou Kebbeh and Saikou Drammeh reached its pitch during the cross-examination.
Defence Counsel B.S. Conteh battled...
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GAMBIA: Supreme Court Says Finance Minister Violated Constitution on 2025 Budget
The Supreme Court has declared that the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs violated the Constitution by failing to submit the 2025 Budget Estimates...
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GAMBIA: “I Would Rather Die Than Follow You Over God”: Imam Fatty Defends Female Circumcision in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court witnessed a day of intense legal arguments and religious testimony as the lawsuit to decriminalise female circumcision (FGM) continued.
Counsel Okete, representing...
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GAMBIA: Former Soldier Breaks Down in Court, Denies Arson and Judicial Interference
In an emotional session at the High Court in Banjul, Abdoulie Sanyang, a former soldier of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), broke down in...
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GAMBIA: High Court Strikes Out Veil Case Against Schools: Cites Fatal Procedural Defects and Lack of Legal Capacity (locus standi)
In a landmark ruling delivered on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the High Court presided by Justice Jaiteh, struck out the consolidated civil suit filed...
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GAMBIA: Ex-Auditor General Cross-Examination Concludes; State Calls Witnesses Protocol Officers Testify Modou Ceesay Accepted Ministerial Appointment; Defence Maintains Rejection
The cross-examination of former Auditor General Modou Ceesay concluded today in the Supreme Court, followed by the State calling two witnesses: Alhagie Ousman Ceesay,...
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GAMBIA: “I Was Not Covering Up My Brother”: Amie Bojang Told DPP in PIU Shooting Trial Cross Examination.
The case of State vs Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang continued as the second accused, Amie Bojang, faced an intense cross-examination by the Director...
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GAMBIA: Amie Bojang Continues Testimony: Claims Detained with Boys in the Same Cell, Denies Aiding Escape
The trial of Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang resumed today, with Amie Bojang (second defendant), continuing her evidence-in-chief before the before Justice Jaiteh.
When the...
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GAMBIA: Police Officer Testifies Against Anti-Audit Protesters: Accused Alieu Bah Insisted on Right to Protest
A police officer attached to the Kairaba Division, Modou Lamin Korta, appeared in court testifying as the second Prosecution Witness (PW2) in the case...