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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abdoulie John

Funds from sale of former Gambian ruler's US property to be used to compensate victims

Gambia Repatriation - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Gambian authorities said Tuesday that they had received funds recovered from the forfeiture of a United States property owned by former longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh and that they would be used to pay reparations to victims.

The Gambia Reparations Commission said it received $2,573,414.10 from the sale of a mansion in Potomac, Maryland, owned by the former ruler of the tiny West African nation.

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