The Gambia Confirms $2.5m From Sale of Jammeh's US Mansion
⏮ BeforeFormer president Jammeh's US mansion belonged to him, and his victims had received no reparations from it.
✅ NowThe Gambia has confirmed $2.5m from the mansion's sale, to be used for reparations.
In short
- The Gambia confirmed it received $2.5m from the sale of a US mansion.
- The mansion belonged to former president Jammeh.
- The source says the money will go to reparations for his victims.
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The payment turns property once tied to a former ruler into money for the people he harmed. The source gives no detail on how the reparations will be divided or when they will be paid, so the outcome is not yet known.
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From Al Jazeera
The Gambia confirmed it received $2.5m from the sale of a US mansion belonging to former president Jammeh.
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