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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 "Over two weeks, over 500m dalasi ($11 million) were withdrawn" by Jammeh, he said.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."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @04:03PM
You'll care when he decides to fuck up your country as well
(Score: 2) by Unixnut on Friday January 27 2017, @04:11PM
> You'll care when he decides to fuck up your country as well
The rest of the world has been fucked so hard left, right and centre by just about every POTUS in the history of the USA, Republican or Democrat, that the gaping bleeding wounds are still festering everywhere.
From our point of view Trump is just a case of "Same shit, different asshole".
In many ways, Trump seems a bit more inward looking, so he may just fuck up the USA, which would
a) be a relief to the rest of the world,
b) deserving. If Americans actually experience what their government does to other countries directly, maybe they will take more care in who they elect in future.