Liberia, April 22 -- Summary:

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives

The Gambia has begun paying reparations to victims of crimes committed during the violent 22-year regime of former president Yahya Jammeh that ended in 2017. The country's 2021 Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission report recommended that more than 1,000 victims be paid 237 million dalasi ($US3.7 million) for the wave of terror that left about 250 dead and thousands of victims of human rights violations.  

Eighty-three victims had been targeted for the exercise, with the Commission expected to pay a total of 761 victims in the broader implementation of the reparations program, said Essa Coker, executive secretary of the R...