Concern grows over jailed Gambian reporter

There is growing concern in Gambia about the fate of Chief Ebrima Manneh, a reporter with the pro-government newspaper Daily Observer, who has been in prison for four months. Mannah has been held incommunicado since his arrest by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on 11 July. He is alleged to have provided "damaging" information to a foreign journalist prior to the African Union Summit held in Banjul. Since the government announced a foiled coup attempt in March, a number of journalists have been arrested, tortured or forced into exile. The Independent newspaper has been closed down since one of its reporters, Lamin Fatty, was arrested by the NIA for "publishing false information". (Via AllAfrica.com)