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Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s interior minister from 2006 to 2016 under then-President Yahya Jammeh. A Swiss court sentences a former Gambian interior ...
Yahya Abdul-Aziz James Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) in a village call Kanilai he is a Gambian politician and former military officer, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017, as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, a village in the Gambia, and is a ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -A Swiss court on Wednesday convicted a former government minister from Gambia of crimes against humanity under former dictator Yahya Jammeh and jailed him for 20 years. The ...
A German court on Thursday convicted a Gambian man of murder and crimes against humanity for involvement in the killing of government critics in his West African homeland. The killings took place ...
Barrow won the 2016 presidential election with 43.34% of the vote, defeating long-time incumbent Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh initially accepted the result, but later reneged on this, and Barrow was forced to flee to neighbouring Senegal. He was inaugurated at the Gambian embassy in Senegal on 19 January 2017, and Jammeh was forced to leave the Gambia ...
Contents. 2016 Gambian presidential election. Presidential elections were held in The Gambia on 1 December 2016. [1] In a surprise result, opposition candidate Adama Barrow defeated long-term incumbent Yahya Jammeh. [2] [3] The election marked the first change of presidency in The Gambia since a military coup in 1994, and the first transfer of ...
Zeinab Jammeh. Zainab Suma Jammeh (born October 5, 1977) is the former First Lady of the Gambia and the main wife of the former President of the Gambia ,Zainaba got two children a daughter and a son with Yaya Jammeh. Yahya Jammeh. [2] [3] In September 2019, the results of the Janneh Commission, a committee of inquiry set up by the Barrow ...
Gambia's former leader, Yahya Jammeh, banned the practice in 2015 in a surprise to activists and with no public explanation. Since the law took effect, enforcement has been weak, with only two ...