In what is a major breakthrough in the long fight against impunity in The Gambia, two senior government officials have revealed that the Gambian government has decided to comply with the rulings of the ECOWAS Court in the cases of journalists Deyda Hydara, Ebrima Manneh and Musa Saidykhan.
Source: MEDIA FEED
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