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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh accused former colonial ruler Britain on Wednesday of backing opposition politicians ahead of 2011 elections, and said the West African nation would not be colonised again. Jammeh has long been criticised for arresting dissenters, rights ... [Gambia News]

The 1 Billion dollar cocaine trial involving 12 foreign nationals could not proceed yesterday at the narcotic court of the Banjul Magistrates' Court before magistrate Hilary Abeke, as the accused were not present in court. When the case was ... [Gambia News]

A Gambian judge has sentenced eight men, including a former army chief, to death for their part in an alleged coup plot last year. Judge Emmanuel Amadi said they were all guilty of treason but had leave to appeal ... [Gambia News]

The ECOWAS Community Court on Thursday continued with the hearing of a case of torture brought against the Gambian authorities by a victim, Musa Saidykhan, a Gambian journalist now in exile. Saidykhan, a former editor-in-chief of the banned Banjul-based ... [Gambia News]

The sudden hike in the prices of basic commodities and the attendant economic problems have hit Gambians hard, PANA reported from here Wednesday, quoting sources in Banjul, the capital. The Gambian government recently raised the pump price for fuel ... [Gambia News]

In the ongoing robbery trial involving the former Inspector General Police, Ensa Badjie, and Chief Superintendent of Prison, Ali Ceesay, the first prosecution witness (PW1) Soriba Condeh told the court yesterday that he was convicted by the Bundung Magistrates' Court ... [Gambia News]

The Government of Ghana has announced that it has received US$500,000 from The Gambia for disbursement to families whose relatives were killed in that coun try about six years ago. This was announced in Parliament on Wednesday by the ... [Gambia News]

Barely a month after a record haul near Banjul of cocaine said to be worth more than $2 billion on the open market, the Gambian security agents have again arrested a Nigerian with suspected drugs. State prosecutors in Banjul ... [Gambia News]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh warned drugs traffickers Wednesday that his country would not be used as a transit point for their trade, as is increasingly the case in west Africa. Addressing a passing-out ceremony for 1,400 young army recruits ... [Gambia News]

Gambian police re-arrested the ex-fisheries minister Monday in a bid to get him to turn state witness in a drugs and corruption case against the former police minister, police sources said. Antouman Saho, 63, was first arrested on March ... [Gambia News]