Gambia Urged to Halt Executions
President Yahya Jammeh plans to execute all death row prisoners next month
The African Union has asked Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh to renounce plans to execute all death row prisoners next month.
Mr Jammeh made the comment during a speech he gave to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid.
A Gambian pressure group says many of the 47 death row inmates are political prisoners or have faced unfair trials.
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