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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has just wrapped up a conference pledging solidarity with the people of Western Sahara. The sparsely populated territory in Northwest Africa has been embroiled in a decades-long struggle for independence from Morocco. Frank Mattheis writes that the conference was an attempt to refocus the world’s attention on the struggle of the region's Sahrawi people for self-determination.
The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has heard numerous accounts of gross human rights violations committed under the country's previous ruler, Yahya Jammeh. Abdul-Jalilu Ateku says there's no doubt the commission will uncover a great deal - but it's unclear how Jammeh, in whose name the crimes were committed for two decades, will account for the allegations against him.
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A Sahrawi refugee carries a flag of the Democratic Arab Republic of Sahara.
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Frank Mattheis, University of Pretoria
The solidarity conference by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) can be seen as a reaction to the gradual shift of power towards Morocco.
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Gambian refugees return home from Senegal on January 21, 2017, the day Yahya Jammeh conceded defeat and left the country.
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Abdul-Jalilu Ateku, University of Nottingham
Criminal trials await those found responsible for the most serious crimes in The Gambia.
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Politics + Society
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Ndubisi Onwuanyi, University of Benin
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Rory Bester, University of the Witwatersrand
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Science + Technology
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Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, UCL
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