# Gambia to use dictator's mansion sale for reparations

> The Gambia will pay reparations to victims of Yahya Jammeh's rule using funds from selling his confiscated US property.
- Title: Gambia to use dictator's mansion sale for reparations
- Summary: The Gambia will pay reparations to victims of Yahya Jammeh's rule using funds from selling his confiscated US property. The Gambia's Reparations Commission…
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- Source: Al Jazeera — https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/the-gambia-to-pay-reparations-to-ex-dictators-victims-from-sale-of-us-mansion?traffic_source=rss
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## Gambia to use mansion sale for reparations
Gambian authorities announced that funds from selling ex-President Yahya Jammeh's confiscated mansion in the United States will pay reparations to victims of his rule.
## Commission receives two point five million dollars
The Gambia Reparations Commission confirmed Tuesday it received just more than two point five million dollars from the sale of a property in Potomac, Maryland.
## Funds will compensate victims of Jammeh's rule
The money from the sale of Yahya Jammeh's Washington DC suburb mansion will now be distributed as reparations to those who suffered under his presidency.
## Key takeaway

The Gambia's Reparations Commission will use two point five million dollars from the sale of ex-President Yahya Jammeh's Potomac mansion to compensate victims of his rule.