The US State Department has barred former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family from entering the United States.
The decision announced on Monday comes almost two years after Jammeh was forced into exile in Equatorial Guinea after he refused to concede defeat in a presidential election.
Jammeh ruled the tiny West African country for two decades. He lost a democratic election to Adama Barrow in December 2016.
However, Jammeh refused to step down, which prompted a military threat by the African Union and the West African regional body ECOWAS. He fled to Equatorial Guinea in January 2017.
The State Department said Jammeh is now being banned entry to the country under a category that applies to foreign government officials who are believed to have committed "significant corruption or a gross violation of human rights".
In addition to Jammeh, his wife Zineb, and their daughter Mariam and son Muhammad are also being blocked.
The Barrow government reported that Jammeh stole at least $50m from the country while in office.
Jammeh, who attended a military training course in Alabama, owns real estate in Potomac, Maryland, about 24km from Washington, DC.
An estate previously owned by former American basketball player Calbert Cheaney, it was sold to the Jammeh family trust in 2010 for $3.5m, according to public records.
Source: aljazeera.com
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Blocking this criminal from entering your country is not enough President Trump.... Repatriate his stolen wealth to Gambia and you will be applauded
Africans are the most cursed people on earth. We are synonymous with anything evil.
How i wished i worked there? i will block so many Ghanaian politicians from entering because first of all, America does not need their stolen money to grow their economy. Stealing from people to get themselves rich. As am talking your so called Mahama that the youth are calling for a come back have bought a condominium for his elder son in Atlanta Georgia at a location called Buckhead whiles those following him cannot even get 3 meals a day.
It serves him right. The cost of the estate he bought could have eveloped a whole suburb in Banjul to house thousands of people. Africans do not learn any lessons from mistakes.