Ongoing investigations into alleged killings and disappearances under former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh have hit a snag, according to a United Nations group.
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved emergency financial assistance under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in the amount equivalent to SDR11,662,500 (about US$16.1 million) for The Gambia to enable the authorities to meet their urgent balance of payment needs.
In addition, the Board was informed about the IMF Managing Director’s approval of a one-year staff-monitored program (SMP) to guide policy implementation.
Relatives of persons who were allegedly brutalized or killed under former Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh say they are still devastated by the ordeal they suffered.
Officials in The Gambia on Thursday announced that a Truth and Reconciliation Commission will soon be set up following the exit of former longtime leader Yahya Jammeh.
The President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has announced his government is seeking support from the government of the United States of America to investigate alleged murders perpetuated under the previous regime.
After 22 years of dictatorship, The Gambia is steeling itself to face up to its troubled, unpleasant past of arbitrary arrests, torture and lives spent in exile. The new government is urging Gambians to be patient.
The World Bank's Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, is reported to have announced that The Gambia will be given $60 million in budgetary support.
Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects, according to bank records and interviews with a former charity official and a former presidential staff member.
Two top security operatives of former leader of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh have been arrested. Police in the country have also confirmed the arrests which happened on Monday.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
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Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
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