Gambia (Vol 9, 2012)
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On 23 August, firing squads executed nine of the 46 inmates on death row at the Miles 2 Prison in the capital, Banjul. President Yaya Jammeh had announced his decision to carry out all the death sentences during his annual televised meeting with Muslim elders at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Civil society organisations, AI, the EU and ECOWAS promptly asked for a suspension of the remaining executions, which was granted on 15 September on condition that the country’s crime rate would stop rising. The economy continued to suffer from the European downturn and from the poor harvest of 2011. In April, the government declared a national food crisis and appealed for international support.
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Gambia (Vol 9, 2012)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Alice Bellagamba in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,377 words)