Several leading rights activists in The Gambia say they welcome a decision by the West African bloc ECOWAS to back the creation of a special court to judge crimes committed during the dictatorship of Gambia's former strongman Yahya Jammeh. "Obviously we know that justice always is slow but we are seeing something happening and this news is obviously a good news for all of us," says Ayeshah Jammeh, co-founder of The Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations, niece of the former dictator who lost her father during that period. Jammeh's 22 years in power were marked by significant rights abuses and the earmarking of state funds for the eccentric former leader's personal use, the new government and rights groups say. He fled in 2017 after losing an election to current President Adama Barrow. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES