New judges sworn in

President Adama Barrow has sworn in six new judges to top courts, with Gambians dominating the list in a country that long relied on foreign justices under the former regime. Chief Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow said the four candidates appointed to the Supreme Court and two appointed to the Court of Appeal had all enjoyed 'distinguished legal careers here and abroad'. A report on the News24 site notes that Cherno Jallow, a former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands and Mary Mam Yassin Sey, a former Gambian judge who worked for the UN as a legal adviser, were appointed to the Supreme Court. Gambians appointed to the Appeals Court were Naceesay Sallah Wadda, a former Gambian justice on the panel and Omar Njie, a former vice-president of the Gambia Bar Association. Nigerian Abubakar Datti Yahaya and Sierra Leonean justice Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke were also appointed to the Supreme Court.