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posted by on Friday January 27 2017, @02:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-a-pension,-not-plunder dept.

The Gambia's ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh plundered the state coffers in his final weeks in power, stealing millions of dollars and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane, according to an aide to new president Adama Barrow.

Jammeh, who ruled the small West African country for 22 years, flew into exile late on Saturday [Jan 21] to Equatorial Guinea.

He had refused to concede defeat in a December 1 election but eventually relinquished power after a delegation of West African leaders convinced him to step down, even as troops from neighbouring countries entered The Gambia.

[...] But amid growing controversy over the assurances offered to Jammeh to guarantee his departure, Barrow adviser Mai Fatty said the new administration had discovered that millions of dollars had recently been stolen.

[...] "Over two weeks, over 500m dalasi ($11 million) were withdrawn" by Jammeh, he said. "As we take over, the government of The Gambia is in financial distress."


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @03:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @03:22AM (#459288)

    Ah, I love the small of napalm in the afternoon! Snotnose Runaway on foreign countries! America fist? What hath Donald wrought? Look, if you are an isolationist xenophobe, perhaps you should just cower in fear in your own tiny bunker with your big gun in your tiny hands. No need to share your ignorance with the rest of us. (Though, I am glad that the US got all that stuff back from Nancy Reagan!)

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Friday January 27 2017, @03:50AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Friday January 27 2017, @03:50AM (#459297)

    Ah, fuck you. I'm snug as a bug in a rug in both my ignorance and my comforter cave in bed. Plus I have enough food handy to last a week of barbarian uprisings, and Rum to last unti, um, shit. I'll get back to you.

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    Why shouldn't we judge a book by it's cover? It's got the author, title, and a summary of what the book's about.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @04:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @04:45AM (#459321)

      Drunk-drive safely.