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Gambian court sentences five former spies to death for Jammeh-era murder

A December 2016 file photo of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. GRTS - Gambia Radio and Television Services/AFP/File

A Gambian court has sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.

High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badjie, after finding him guilty of murdering Ebrima Solo Sandeng, an important figure in the opposition United Democratic Party, in 2016.

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