Three years ago, the Swiss NGO TRIAL International filed a complaint against a Swiss businessman operating in the Gambia with the complicity of its former president Yahya Jammeh, accused of having committed a war crime through pillaging Senegal’s forest cover. Only a few weeks ago, the Swiss prosecutor's office sent a first request for judicial assistance to Banjul.
China could play a pivotal role in halting trade in trees crucial for West African ecosystems made more fragile by climate change China could play a pivotal role in halting trade in trees crucial for West African ecosystems made more fragile by climate change