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Yahya Jammeh

Mourning an Executed Gambian Death Row Inmate

Conflict & Justice

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has vowed to kill all 47 death-row inmates by mid-September. Marco Werman speaks to Alhagie Sowe of Vancouver, British Columbia. He heard that his brother had been executed on a radio news report.

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