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Gambia: ECOWAS creates tribunal for Yahya Jammeh’s crimes

Gambia: ECOWAS creates tribunal for Yahya Jammeh’s crimes

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Africa News
Published on 2024-12-16 11:31:55

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday approved the creation of a special tribunal to try crimes committed in Gambia during the military dictatorship.

The historic decision was announced at a summit of regional heads of state held in Nigeria‘s capital, Abuja.

The tribunal will cover alleged crimes committed under military dictator Yahya Jammeh, whose rule from 1996 to 2017 was marked by arbitrary detentions, sexual abuse and…

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