Gambia Truth Commission Begins Its Hearings

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In the Gambia, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins its hearings into the alleged human rights violations during the rule of former president, Yahya Jammeh. A young Saudi woman -- who’s being held at an airport in Thailand -- claims she’ll be killed if she’s forced to go back home. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a standoff is looming between the government and the Catholic church which claims to know who won the presidential election.