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Gambia to Compensate Victims Using Proceeds from Sale of Ex-Leader Yahya Jammeh's U.S. Mansion
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The Gambian Reparations Commission announced it has received $2.5 million from the U.S. sale of a mansion belonging to former leader Yahya Jammeh to compensate victims of his regime.
- The Gambian Reparations Commission received $2,573,414.10 from the sale of a Maryland mansion previously owned by former leader Yahya Jammeh.
- The United States ordered the property sold in 2022, determining it was bought with misappropriated public funds.
- The funds will be used to pay compensation to victims and survivors of Jammeh's regime.
- Jammeh ruled The Gambia for over 20 years after seizing power in a 1994 coup.
- His regime faced widespread accusations of human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, rape, and torture.
- Jammeh lost the 2016 election to Adama Barrow and stepped down in 2017 following regional and international pressure, later exiling to Equatorial Guinea.
- A national commission verified that Jammeh held 281 properties in Gambia, one in the U.S., one in Morocco, and controlled over 100 bank accounts.
- Investigators concluded Jammeh misappropriated over $300 million during his time in office.
- An official investigative commission confirmed that between 240 and 250 Gambians and non-Gambians were killed by the government or its agents during Jammeh's rule.
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