There was a time in the recent past when The Gambia and Equatorial Guinea were never mentioned in the same breath but all that changed in the aftermath of the post-electoral dispute in 2016 which triggered a political crisis in mainland Africa’s smallest country. The dispute eventually ended with defeated[Read More…]
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The Gambia: Will Yahya Jammeh Be Tried By An African Court?
The Gambia’s judiciary is officially calling for former head of state Yahya Jammeh to be prosecuted. It is now up to his successor, Adama Barrow, who has just been re-elected president, to set the legal machine in motion. His conclusions were eagerly awaited. On 24 December, Justice Minister Dawda Jallow[Read More…]