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The Gambia's Jammeh 'stole $50m' Assets Frozen
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The Gambian justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou accuses the country's former head of state, President Yahya Jammeh of stealing more than $50 million from a state telecoms company; One man dies and scores are hospitalised in Tunisia in clashes between police and protesters demanding jobs and a fairer distribution of oil wealth; and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir declares a unilateral ceasefire and calls for national dialogue.
(Photo: Former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. Credit: Jeff Haynes / AFP / Getty Images)
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