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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Currently, there are 127 non-Gambian ECOWAS Citizens languishing in Gambian cells, according to a ECOWAS Status Report.<\/b><\/p>\n

This was revealed by the status report on ECOWAS Citizens in The Gambia during ECOWAS 48th anniversary celebration on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Senegalese inmates account for the highest number (62) of non-Gambian ECOWAS Citizens in various prison cells in the country<\/p>\n

This could also be linked to the number of Senegalese residing in The Gambia<\/p>\n

The latest report ECOWAS Citizens in The Gambia also shows that there are 78,000 Senegalese in the country.<\/p>\n

Per the report, the greater the number of residents, the higher the inmates<\/p>\n

There are 75,000 Guineans in The Gambia, second the highest non-Gambian citizens residing in the country<\/p>\n

Guineans account for the second highest number of non-Gambian ECOWAS Citizen inmates (37) in The Gambia.<\/p>\n

With total population of 12,000 Nigerians residing in The Gambia, there are 12 of them in Gambian prisons.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there are 7 Bissau Guineans in prison out of the 3000 population residing in the country<\/p>\n

Out of 47,000 Malians, 7 are behind bars.<\/p>\n

Sierra Leoneans account for only 2 among the 127 non-Gambian ECOWAS Citizens in Gambian prisons.<\/p>\n

However, the report indicated that some of these people are in remand while others are awaiting trial.<\/p>\n

The report did not specify which prison has how many and which nationalities.<\/p>\n

Equally, the report did not indicate the nature of crimes but said some of them are minor.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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