‘The coffers are virtually empty’: Gambia’s defeated leader flees country with government funds

Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, plundering the state coffers and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane, a special adviser for the new president said Sunday. CBC | World News

Gambia’s defeated president finally cedes power, to enter exile weeks after election loss

Gambia’s defeated leader Yahya Jammeh and his family headed into political exile Saturday night, ending a 22-year reign of fear and a post-election political standoff that threatened to provoke a regional military intervention when he clung to power. CBC | World News