What’s the political background? The president, Yahya Jammeh, lost in an election last month to Adama Barrow, but on the eve of when he was due to hand over power declared a state of emergency instead ...

(Geneva) – A Swiss court’s conviction of the former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity is monumental for Gambian victims of atrocity crimes during the rule of Yahya ...

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Sonko, whose trial opened Monday at a federal criminal court in the Swiss town of Bellinzona, is accused of taking part in “numerous acts of torture, kidnapping, sexual violence and killings” ...

BANJUL, March 18 (Reuters) - Gambian lawmakers on Monday debated whether to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, which has been on the rise in recent years despite activist campaigns to end the ...