Gambia: Stall Vandalised, Looted At Buffer Zone Market KMC Accused of Not Providing Adequate Security

The stall of Naffie Sonko, a vendor and president of the Women Vendors Association at the Buffer Zone market, was vandalized and destroyed and items stolen, in the early hours of Friday morning, November 9th 2018.

Narrating her story to this reporter, Sonko said she knew about the incident when she received a phone call at around 7:00 am from a fellow vendor, that the door to her stall was half open and she should come and see for herself at once. Sonko said she called her husband who lives in Tallinding, to rush to the market because she lives in Brusubi; that before she left her house, her husband called to tell her, that her stall was broken into, and he was reporting the matter at the Bundung Police Station.

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