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US sanction former Gambia first lady

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The United States has imposed sanctions on the country's former First Lady Zineb Jammeh accusing her of corruption during her husband Yahya Jammeh's rule. The US treasury suspects her of helping the former president transfer money illegally, and controlling his assets abroad.

Talks have continued between Mali's military junta and opposition parties to try break a deadlock over a proposed transitional agreement.

Zimbabwe's plan to return farms to foreign white farmers who lost their land some 20 years ago under the rule of Robert Mugabe.

Published on Wednesday, 16th September 2020.

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