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Bora Colley (ex-Jungler) has surrendered to the authorities in Gambia.
Gambia: why “Jungler” Bora Colley turned himself in after eight years
24 September 2024 by Mariam Sankanu (our correspondent in Banjul)
After eight years of exile Bora Colley, a former “Jungler” member of President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, last month turned himself in to the Gambia Armed Forces. The event raises several questions, both in terms of border security [...]
At the end of his trial in Germany, Gambian Bai Lowe was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia. German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison
30 November 2023 by AFP
A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist. Bai Lowe was convicted of crime [...]
Trial of Bai Lowe in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia (universal jurisdiction) “Someone had to sacrifice themselves”
28 November 2023 by Hannah El-Hitami (our correspondent in Germany)
Last Friday, a week before the verdict, the court in Celle heard the closing arguments of the defense and a final statement by Gambian defendant Bai Lowe. Both insisted on Lowe’s innocence and reiterated his claim that the self-in [...]
Bai Lowe is on trial in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia. - Photo: Lowe enters the courtroom accompanied by police officers. “Bai Lowe tried to make amends for something beyond repair”
23 November 2023 by Hannah El-Hitami (our correspondent in Germany)
The trial for crimes against humanity of Gambian Bai Lowe in Celle, Germany, is about to end. On the 16th and 17th of November, the prosecution and joint plaintiffs gave their closing statements. As a driver for former President Y [...]
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Baboucar
21 October 2022 by Hannah El-Hitami
Gambian trial in Germany: I posed as a “Jungler”, defendant says On Thursday 20 October, Baboucar “Bai” Lowe has given his first statement in six month of trial in Germany. The Gambian national, an alleged member of a notorious killing squad called the “Junglers” accused of crimes against human [...]
Bai Lowe (a
2 June 2022 by Hannah El-Hitami
Gambian trial in Germany: the thin line between witness and suspect In Celle, Germany, a former member of Gambia’s notorious “Junglers” is accused of crimes against humanity. One of his former comrades, with a very similar background, was expected to come as a witness to shed light on the death sq [...]
Yahya Jammeh and a
12 May 2022 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: Will the government prosecute returned Jammeh hit-men Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous “Junglers” hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at large. Pending a government White Paper on the implementation of the Truth Com [...]
In Gambia, a woman holds a sign saying
25 April 2022 by Mustapha Darboe
Gambian dictatorship’s crimes go on trial in Germany On April 25, the trial of a former member of a hit squad – known as the “Junglers” – under Yahya Jammeh’s rule in The Gambia opens before a German court. Baboucar “Bai” Lowe is a self-confessed former driver of this paramilitary g [...]