The Gambia to pay Yahya Jammeh victims from the proceeds of the ex-president’s seized US mansion

On Tuesday, the Gambia Reparations Fee mentioned it was “happy to tell victims, survivors and the general public that it has obtained a complete of $2,573,414.10” from the sale of Jammeh’s property.

It mentioned it was dedicated to making sure the funds have been managed responsibly and transparently, “with due regard to the rights and desires of victims and survivors”.

Jammeh misplaced to Adama Barrow within the election of 2016, first accepting defeat after which rejecting the outcomes.

He ultimately stepped down in 2017 amid intense regional and worldwide stress.

Troops from a number of West African nations, together with Senegal, had been deployed to The Gambia, threatening to drive Jammeh out of workplace.

In the long run he agreed to step down and went into exile Equatorial Guinea.

A nationwide fee then found that the previous president had 281 properties in The Gambia, in addition to the one within the US and one in Morocco, and managed greater than 100 financial institution accounts.

There was no manner that he may have afforded this on his wage and it concluded that he had misappropriated greater than $300m.

Jammeh is accused of presiding over the homicide of political opponents, disappearances, rape and torture.

A fee of inquiry discovered that widespread abuses had resulted within the demise of “240-250 Gambians and non-Gambians by the hands of the state or its brokers”.