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Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is a Gambian politician and former soldier, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 1994 to 1996.
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politics · President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017 · politician · military officer · serial rapist · healer · also Yahya Jammeh, Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, Jammeh
Born 25 May 1965 · Q57356
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2026· 3 entries
The Point.gm: Gambia mourns Dr. Sidi Cherno Jammeh, ‘the lighthouse that walked among us’
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The New York Times: Yahya Jammeh
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2021· 1 entry
Yahoo: Gambia commission says ex-pres Jammeh responsible for murder, torture and rape
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2018· 1 entry
The American treasury that designated Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi as a terrorist and one of Hezbollah financier, linked him to Jammeh
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2016· 3 entries
Election lost: 2016 election, crisis and ECOWAS intervention.
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Some 30% of women were married while under the age of 18
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Campaign: 2016 election, crisis and ECOWAS intervention.
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2013· 2 entries
“[h]omosexuality in all its forms and manifestations which, though very evil, antihuman as well as anti-Allah, is being promoted as a human right by some powers,”
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Jammeh withdrew the Gambia from the Commonwealth of Nations and in 2016 he began the process of withdrawing the country from the International Criminal Court, one year after he declared the nation an Islamic republic
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2012· 1 entry
Included $2,563,138 to the National Youths Conference and Festival, and "two truckloads of turkey" to the Gambia Christian Council for delivery to the Christian community
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2011· 1 entry
Told the BBC, "I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so
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2009· 1 entry
Campaign: 2009 witch hunting election.
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2004· 1 entry
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica, Norman Academy, and National Taipei University of Technology
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2001· 1 entry
2006 and 2011, but lost to Adama Barrow in 2016
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1999· 4 entries
The Daily Observer became notably pro-Jammeh
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Jammeh sent her to Saudi Arabia for a gynaecological exam, and during her time abroad, divorced her
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For providing his citizens "freedom to pursue their well-being, and to live in peace and harmony", St
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Jammeh called those who campaigned against female genital mutilation (FGM) "enemies of Islam"
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1998· 1 entry
The independent Citizen FM radio station was forced to close after a number of its staff were arrested and its equipment was confiscated
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1996· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the Gambia (1996–2017).
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On 28 August, Jammeh was formally promoted to the rank of colonel and then retired from the army on 6 September, one month before the 1996 presidential election
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1995· 1 entry
And a political network that included the Green Boys – a now-disbanded vigilante group that was mobilised to intimidate the electorate to ensure Jammeh’s ‘victory’
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1991· 1 entry
Served as the officer commanding (OC) the Mobile Gendarmerie, and from 1992 to 1994 was the OC of the Gambia National Army Military Police
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-05-25.
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