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GAMBIA: Sanna Manjang’s Counsel Requests Adjournment to Review New Bill of Indictment and Advise Accused
The court grants the defence more time to review the new indictment against Sanna Manjang after the state filed a new additional charge; plea-taking...
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GAMBIA: State Amends Charges Against Sanna Manjang: New Murder and Torture Counts Filed
The state law office has filed a new amended bill of indictment against Sanna Manjang before Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh. The new charge has...
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GAMBIA: Justice S.K. Jobarteh, Sentenced Moses Ukwai to Life Imprisonment for the Rape of a minor girl
Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh has sentenced Moses Ukwai, a local gardener of Kunkujang Mariama to two life imprisonment terms for the rape of a...
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GAMBIA: Woman Accused of Killing Mother Claims Loss of Memory as Trial Opens Before Justice Jaiteh
The murder trial of Fatou Suwaneh commenced at the High Court before Justice Ebrima Jaiteh. When the indictment was read to the accused, she...
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GAMBIA: Fajara Shooting Trial: Court Overrules Objection Over Pistol Identification
The criminal trial involving the alleged "Fajara shooting" continued Tuesday before Her Worship A. Manneh at the Kanifing Magistrates' Court.
The court ruled on the...
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GAMBIA: High Court Overrules Defence Objection, Admits Post-Mortem Report into Evidence in Arona Tine Murder Trial
Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has marked and admitted the postmortem report +forensic evidence) In the murder trial of Arona Tine.
The ruling came...
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GAMBIA: High Court Acquits Former Protocol Director in Diplomatic Passport Scandal
The High Court, presided over by Justice Z.N. Mboob, has discharged and acquitted Baboucarr M.S. Jobarteh, the former Director General of Protocol at the...
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GAMBIA: Leadership Crisis Grips PPP: High Court Joins Disputed Leader Ousman Madikay Faal to the Suit
The legal battle for the leadership of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) intensified in the High Court as Justice Sonia Akinbiyi cleared the way...
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GAMBIA: High Court Grants Interim Asset Disclosure and Preservation Orders Pending Hearing in Constitutional Proceedings Arising from Parliamentary Petroleum Inquiry
The High Court of The Gambia, Kanifing Annex has on Friday 20th February 2026 granted interim supervisory orders in constitutional proceedings arising from matters...
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GAMBIA: Supreme Court to Decide if Former Auditor General Was Forcefully Removed or Voluntarily Resigned; Three Senior Counsels Deliver Final Addresses
The Supreme Court of The Gambia has become the epicentre of constitutional debate by three Counsel as it prepares to deliver a judgement on...
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GAMBIA: State Files Nine Criminal Charges Against Former Lands Minister Abba Sanyang and Others Over Forfeited State Land
The State has filed a nine-count criminal indictment before Justice Jaiteh against the former Minister of Lands, Regional Government, and Religious Affairs, Sheriff Abba...
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GAMBIA: High Court Hears Testimony from Health Chief in AKI Outbreak Lawsuit
Health Chief took the witness box in the tragic 2022 Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) outbreak, which claimed the lives of dozens of Gambian children...
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GAMBIA: “No Knowledge of the Crime”: Defence Counsel A. Sillah Files Final Brief Seeking Acquittal for Amie Bojang in Police Murder Trial
Defence Counsel A. Sillah has filed his final brief of argument on behalf of Amie Bojang before Justice Jaiteh, urging the court to acquit...
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GAMBIA: “Trial by Media and Gaps in Evidence”: Defence Counsel Lamin J. Darboe Files Final Brief Urging Full Acquittal for Ousainou Bojang
As the trial of Ousainou Bojang gets closer to its conclusion. Counsel Lamin J. Darboe has filed his final address of argument before the...
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GAMBIA: He Was Unconscious and Bleeding”: Officer Recounted Scene at HM Bureau Murder
The murder trial of Arona Tine, accused of the fatal stabbing of HM Bureau de Change employee Fatoumatta Kargbo, continued before Justice Jaiteh with...
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GAMBIA: High Court Sentences 64-Year-Old Man to Life Imprisonment for Child Rape
The High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Jaiteh, sentenced 64-year-old Momodou Yerro Baldeh to life imprisonment for the rape of a six-year-old girl.
The...
