 [AA.TR] Gambia
... The Gambia is actually surrounded by Senegal on all sides but its west coast. It has a population of about 1.7 million. The difference between the two is that in colonial days Senegal was ruled by La Belle France and The Gambia (so-called because there's only one of it, unlike Guinea, of which there are the Republic of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, New Guinea, the English coin in circulation between 1663 and 1813, and Guyana, which sounds like it should be another one) was ruled by Britain...
’s new president Adama Barrow has told Anadolu Agency that his government will not hesitate to seek the extradition of the country’s former autocratic ruler Yahya Jammeh.
Jammeh, former military ruler who governed the small nation with an iron fist from 1994 to 2016, has been accused by right groups and opponents of widespread killings and torture during his reign.
"Every atrocity and human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
abuse in the past 22 years will be investigated and people who are responsible will be prosecuted. We will not compromise that without any doubt," Barrow said in an interview with Anadolu Agency on Wednesday.
About two months ago, Gambia’s High Court issued an arrest warrant for over a dozen former soldiers believed to be part of Jammeh’s hit squad but their extradition from Guinea Bissau and Mauritania, where they are reportedly based, has not yet been secured.
"We will not hesitate to do that [seek Jammeh’s extradition] but we will have to wait for the due process," he said. "We have to get the facts first. That is why getting those people [soldiers] back in this country will help in that process.
"That is why we are in contact with neighboring countries so that we can get those people and have firsthand information."
Despite promises for justice after the fall of Jammeh, Barrow’s administration is yet to secure any successful prosecution.
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