Africa
ECOWAS backs court on crimes during Gambia’s Jammeh dictatorship
2 years agoNigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (2nd R) meets with ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray (2nd L) in Abuja, Nigeria on December 12, 2024. Foreign ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gathered during the 53rd ordinary meeting to discuss trade and security situations in the region in Abuja. (Photo by Nigeria Foreign Ministry)
The West African bloc ECOWAS on Sunday backed the creation of a special court to judge crimes committed during the dictatorship of Gambia's former strongman Yahya Jammeh. The Special…