Switzerland’s top criminal court convicted former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko of crimes against humanity. Sonko has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in repression under ...

Senegal’s government hit the country with two shocks on Monday. The government’s moves against the opposition party did not come out of the blue. It’s been building for some time. On June 1, a court ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 20 years over his role in murder, torture ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the west African country ...

Ousman Sonko was sentenced for his role in murder, torture and other repression by the west African country’s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator. GENEVA — Switzerland’s top ...

FILE - Gambia's defeated leader Yahya Jammeh waves to supporters as he departs from Banjul airport on Jan. 21, 2017, as he has decided to relinquish power. Switzerlands top criminal court has ...

Philippe Currat, lawyer for Gambia's former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko, talks to the media after the latter's conviction, in front of the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland in Bellinzona, ...