(Robyn Cochran-Ragland via AP) Demba Dem, a former member of the Gambian parliament who was tortured by former Gambian military member Michael Sang Correa, stands outside federal court following ...

A former member of the military in Gambia was convicted in Denver on Tuesday of charges that he tortured people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country’s ...

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - A man who was accused of being part of a Gambian armed unit run by former dictator Yahya Jammeh has been convicted in the United States for torture, the Justice ...

Gambian ex-soldier convicted of torturing suspected backers of West African nation’s failed 2006 coup The Associated Press April 15, 2025, 4:21 PM Share This: share on facebook share on X ...

DENVER (AP) — Gambian ex-soldier convicted of torturing suspected backers of West African nation’s failed 2006 coup.

Demba Dem, a former member of the Gambian parliament who testified to being tortured by Correa and others, was among those in the packed courtroom to hear the verdict. “It was a victory of ...