Gambian Jammeh-era victims seek ‘real justice’ beyond reparations

Banjul, The Gambia – Yusupha Mbye’s mother pushes his wheelchair slowly across the tiled compound of their home in Kanifing, about 11km (seven miles) from The Gambia’s capital, Banjul. The late-afternoon sun hangs low as she pauses to straighten a wrap over his legs, stopping briefly to catch her breath.

“He has been in this wheelchair since he was a teenager,” she told Al Jazee...