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Gambia receives $2.5 million to compensate Jammeh victims

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Gambia receives $2.5 million to compensate Jammeh victims

Gambia has received $2.5 million from the sale in the United States of a property belonging to former president Yahya Jammeh, the Gambian National Reparations Commission announced. The funds are to compensate victims of his regime, which was in power from 1994 to 2017, according to the commission, cited by Dakaractu.

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