AP, BANJULAs former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh prepares to leave the nation, human rights groups demand that he be held accountable for alleged abuses. Jammeh yesterday announced that he would cede power after hours of last-ditch talks with regional leaders and the threat that a regional military force would remove him. “The rule of fear” in the Gambia ended with Jammeh’s rule, Barrow said late on Friday. “The properties he seeks to protect belong to Gambians and Gambia and he must not be allowed to take them with him. He must leave our country without conditionalities.”The Gambia was a diplomatic ally of Taiwan until Jammeh cut ties with Taipei on Nov. 14, 2013.

Source: Taipei Times January 21, 2017 16:04 UTC