Former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko is facing charges involving rape and torture in what is being called a "landmark trial" for universal jurisdiction prosecuting crimes against humanity ...

Ousman Sonko fled there in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, accused of heading a repressive regime, lost power. Mr Sonko, 54, was arrested after non-governmental organisations ...

Ousman Sonko fled to Switzerland in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh was forced out of power after refusing to admit he had lost elections. His government was accused of ...

Switzerland will try a former Gambian minister under ousted dictator Yahya Jammeh for crimes against humanity on Monday in a milestone case where a serial rape victim will testify after a multi ...

Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday ruled that former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko was guilty of crimes against humanity committed while in several positions of authority ...

Four people have died in the rare unrest, the interior minister said. Ousmane Sonko appeared in court on Friday accused of disrupting public order. He also faces a rape allegation. He denies the ...

GENEVA - Former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko goes on trial in Switzerland on Monday accused of crimes against humanity committed under the regime of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. The trial ...