The Gambia to use $2.5m from sale of Jammeh’s US mansion to compensate victims
The Gambia will use US$2.5 million received from the United States following the sale of former president Yahya Jammeh’s property to compensate victims of his rule, authorities have said. The Gambia’s Reparations Commission said it had received $2.5 million from the sale of a mansion in Maryland owned by the former leader. The BBC reports that the United States secured the right to sell the property in 2022 on grounds that it had been acquired through “criminal proceeds and misappropriated Gambian public funds”. On Tuesday, the Gambia Reparations Commission said it was “pleased to inform…
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[Claude] Both reports cover the same Gambian reparations funding from the sale of Jammeh's US mansion, with Report 2 giving the precise $2.57 million figure, which is consistent with the $2.5 million cited in
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