Gambia: April 10/11 Survivor Recounts How Peaceful Student Protest Turned Out Bloody –

By: Nicholas Bass

Yahya Ceesay, a survivor of April 10/11, 2000 student protest recounts how their planned peaceful strike turned out bloody due to the way ex-President Jammeh’s government handled the matter.

He accused former President Yahya Jammeh and his government of turning a peaceful demonstration into a violent conflict that led to the loss of lives and property.

In an exclusive interview with The Voice Newspaper, Ceesay, a former student at Muslim Senior Secondary School,…