The new chief prosecutor at the world's top criminal court is a female attorney from Gambia. We take a closer look at Fatou Bensouda. Meanwhile in Burundi, more and more opposition members and journalists are arrested, sometimes just for holding a microphone. Finally, we take a look at the nightmare scenario of a Somali fisherman who was mistaken for a pirate and imprisoned for three years.
Member states of the International Criminal Court on Monday unanimously elected Gambia's Fatou Bensouda, a former justice minister, to be new chief prosecutor. Bensouda, currently the ICC's deputy prosecutor, will replace Luis Moreno-Ocampo in June.
Gambian jurist Fatou Bensouda (pictured) is the only remaining candidate to become the International Criminal Court's next prosecutor. Her experience and background could help increase the legitimacy of the Hague in Africa.
Gambia's president for the last 17 years, Yahya Jammeh, has retained power in elections Friday that saw him win with over 70 percent of votes. The regional bloc ECOWAS says the election was marred by intimidation and repression.
A Gambian court sentenced eight foreign nationals to 50 years in prison Wednesday for attempting to traffic millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Europe. The convicts were from Venezuela, The Netherlands, Mexico and Nigeria.
Eight former army and police officials and business leaders have been sentenced to death by a Gambian court for plotting a coup to overthrow the government of Yahya Jammeh in 2009.
Gambian police have seized 2.34 tonnes of cocaine - worth an estimated one billion dollars - bound for Europe and arrested a dozen suspected traffickers after a joint investigation with British detectives.
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