Gambia: Mixed Reactions to Swiss Conviction of Former Gambian Enforcer As Sexual Violence Charges Dismissed

[FrontPageAfrica] Bellinzona -- Victims have expressed joy and frustration at the guilty verdict handed to Ousman Sonko, Gambia's former interior minister, in his trial for crimes against humanity committed under the leadership of former dictator Yahya Jammeh in Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Court handed Sonko a 20-year prison sentence for "multiple counts of intentional homicide, multiple counts of torture and false imprisonment, each as a crime against humanity," according to a statement issued by the Court. Sonko was also ordered to