Gambia to prosecute former dictator

BANJUL: The Gambian government said yesterday it is willing to prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh for a “myriad crimes” committed by the regime during his more than 20-year rule.

The Ministry of Justice said it accepted all but two of the

265 recommendations made by the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. The former dictator is living in exile in Equatorial Guinea, which has no extradition treaty with The Gambia.

Justice Minister Dawda Jallow said he would create a special prosecutor’s office and a special court inside The Gambia with the option of holding sittings elsewhere.