Ex-Jammeh death squad leader pleads not guilty as landmark Gambia trial opens

[Africanews - Africa] - 16/01/2026

The Gambia opened its first trial Thursday against a member of the country's notorious Junglers paramilitary unit, which acted as a death squad under the reign of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.

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