Gibril B. Semega-Janneh

{{Short description|Gambian judge}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gibril B. Semega-Janneh

| office = Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia

| term_start = 1 November 2017

| term_end =

| president = Adama Barrow

| term_start1 = 2008

| term_end1 = 2015

| president1 = Yahya Jammeh

| birth_name = Gibril Baboucarr Semega-Janneh

| alma_mater =

}}

Gibril Baboucarr Semega-Janneh is a Gambian judge who currently serves as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia.

Career

Janneh has served as a High Court judge in the Gambia, as well as a Court of Appeal judge. In 2005, he was appointed as a Fellow of Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute.{{Cite web|url=http://cjei.org/fellows.html|title=Fellows|website=Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute|access-date=4 December 2017}} He was serving as a judge in Sierra Leone on secondment in 2008.{{Cite news|url=http://africa.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/2/5/supreme-court-sits-today|title=Supreme Court sits today|date=5 February 2008|work=Africa.gm|access-date=4 December 2017}} He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2008 to 2015.He was re-appointed on 1 November 2017 by President Adama Barrow.{{Cite news|url=http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/president-appoints-8-gambian-judges|title=President appoints 8 Gambian judges|date=18 October 2017|work=The Point|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=23 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023191904/http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/president-appoints-8-gambian-judges|url-status=dead}}

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