UKSL Sanctions designation

Zineb Jammeh

Individual · designated 10 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
GHR0060
OFSI group ID
14012
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
10 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Former President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh was responsible for inciting, promoting and ordering extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearances; kidnappings and torture; as well as wider human rights violations during his tenure as President between 1994 and 2016. Zineb Jammeh is the former 'First Lady' of The Gambia and is married to Yahya Jammeh. She is associated with Yahya Jammeh and his regime, and used a charitable foundation and charities as cover for the illicit transfer of funds between herself and the Former President.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

  • Country: Equatorial Guinea
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