Jailed Gambians pay price for perceived disloyalty

As The Gambia sees a surge in support for the opposition ahead of presidential polls days away, a spate of arrests in the run-up has shown the cost of dissent. President Yahya Jammeh seized power in a 1994 coup and has targeted opponents and several of his own ministers, while surviving multiple attempts to remove him from power. Jainaba Bah said she still doesn't know why her husband, former junior foreign affairs minister Mamadou Sajo Jallow, has been in custody since early September and denie