21-01-2017 10:48 via abqjournal.com

Updated: Gambian activists urge justice as longtime leader steps down

BANJUL, Gambia — As Gambia’s defeated authoritarian ruler prepares to leave the country, human rights activists demand that he be held accountable for alleged abuses. Yahya Jammeh announced early Saturday he will cede power, after hours of last-ditch talks with regional leaders and the threat that a regional military force would forcibly remove him. No […]
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