A Gambian man has been charged in Germany with being part of an army assassination group when former President Yahya Jammeh was in power.
Identified as Bai L, he is accused of participating in crimes against humanity, including the 2004 killing of Deyda Hydara, one of The Gambia’s most-respected journalists.
The federal prosecutor said Bai L had been a member of the elite unit known as “the Junglers” between December 2003 and December 2006.
On at least three occasions he had driven officers to locations where they had fired on Mr Jammeh’s opponents, the prosecutor said.
He was arrested in Hanover in March 2021 and has since been in pre-trial detention.
Mr Jammeh fled into exile after losing elections in 2017.
A truth and reconciliation commission set up afterwards heard from hundreds of witnesses about executions squads and other alleged rights violations committed under his 22-year rule.
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