Gambia: Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommends prosecution against Jammeh

Illustrative photo: Yahya Jammeh, former President of the Republic of The Gambia.

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which has investigated in The Gambia the crimes committed during the 22 years in power of Yahya Jammeh, recommends legal proceedings against the ex-dictator before an international tribunal, in a report published this Friday, December 24 in Banjul .

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The Commission “ 

recommends the prosecution of Yahya Jammeh and his accomplices before an international tribunal, in a West African country other than The Gambia, under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and or the African Union 

”, in particular for“ 

murders, arbitrary detentions, disappearances

 ”.

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