According to sources, the incident happened on Saturday evening involving ECOMIG vehicle bearing plate number 47 GA 51. Our source further stated that the four were confirmed dead at the scene and later rushed to Sukuta Hospital by some bystanders.
This is not the first time ECOMIG soldiers are alleged of killing innocent citizens; Haruna Jatta, among the six protesters shot by ECOMIG forces stationed in Kanilai during a protest, was killed in May 2017. The protesters were reportedly demanding the evacuation of the West African troops to leave the area because "they consider ECOMIG to be an occupying force.”
ECOMIG forces were deployed to Kanilai and other parts of the country in January 2017 to oust former president Yahya Jammeh after he refused to step down following his December 2016 election defeat. After five years since Jammeh fled into exile, the Gambia government has been extending the mandate of the soldiers despite peace and stability in the country.
Mr. Assane Diagne, director of RSF West Africa Office in Dakar yesterday told The Point Newspaper that The Gambia has moved 5 places forward in the World Press Index which re-groups 180 countries in the world.
In great ambience at the historical island of McCarthy where sons, daughters and friends of the island gathered to celebrate the 4th edition of the Janjangbureh Kankurang Festival, the Minister of Tourism and Culture reminded the gathering of the importance of the Gambia’s cultural heritage for national development as espoused in the NDP.
During the 7th Cabinet Meeting held on 22nd October 2020, Cabinet mandated the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow to proceed and initiate a dialogue among all stakeholders with the view to reaching a consensus over the draft constitution.
Aliou Sall, the younger brother to President Macky Sall on Tuesday tested positive for covid-19 together with his second wife Isata Sall, he announced on his Twitter account.
