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Gambia: U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Zineb Yahya Jammeh
Foroyaa, 15 September 2020
The United States (U.S.) Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Monday that it has designated Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh (Zineb), the wife of… Read more »
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Gambia: Former First Lady Sanctioned for Supporting the Former President's Corruption
State Department, 16 September 2020
Today, the United States imposed economic sanctions on Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh, the former first lady of The Gambia. Zineb Jammeh is believed to control many of the overseas… Read more »
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Gambia: U.S. Sanctions Former Gambian 1st Lady for Being Husband's Enabler
The Point, 16 September 2020
Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh (Zineb) and Nabah LTD (Nabah) for their roles… Read more »
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Sudan: Sanctions on Nabah Ltd. Owned or Controlled by Corrupt Businessman Ashraf Al-Cardinal
State Department, 16 September 2020
Today, the United States imposed economic sanctions on Nabah Ltd., a company owned or controlled by Ashraf Seed Ahmed Al-Cardinal. Al-Cardinal is a Sudanese businessman… Read more »
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Former Gambian First Lady
The U.S. has imposed economic sanctions on Zineb Souma Yahya Jammeh, the former first lady of The Gambia. She is believed to control many of the overseas assets of her husband, former president Yahya Jammeh, described by the U.S. State Department as the "notoriously corrupt former leader of The Gambia" who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2017. Zineb Jammeh was designated in December 2018 and their children have also been declared ineligible to enter the U.S. as a result.
Former U.S. president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Greet His Excellency Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia, and Mrs. Zineb Jammeh.
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