Gambia to compensate Yahya Jammeh victims with proceeds from his seized US mansion

The Gambia’s Reparations Commission says it has received $2,573,414.10 from the sale of former president Yahya Jammeh’s mansion in Maryland. The money will be used to compensate victims and survivors of his rule, with the commission pledging responsible and transparent management. In 2022, the United States secured the right to sell the property, saying it had been acquired with criminal proceeds and misappropriated Gambian public funds. Jammeh ruled The Gambia after seizing power in a 1994 coup, stepped down in 2017, and now lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea.