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Will there soon be trials for Yahya Jammeh's crimes in Gambia? - Photo: Gambian President Adama Barrow adopts a wait-and-see stance at a meeting of African countries belonging to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Gambia: the end of the wait-and-see strategy?

On April 22, two bills expected to kickstart the prosecution process for crimes committed under the 22-year rule of former President Yahya Jammeh were passed at the Gambian Parliament. They should make it possible to establish a hybrid court, two and a half years after the closure of the Truth Commission, whose recommendations have still […]
By Mariam Sankanu (our correspondent in Banjul)
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