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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Momodou[/i] [br][b][size=4]Adama Barrow Gov’t Sells One of Yahya Jammeh’s Aircraft to a Belarusian Firm[/size=4] The Chronicle: Aug 23, 2021 By Musa Keita[/b] https://www.chronicle.gm/adama-barrow-govt-sells-one-of-yahya-jammehs-aircraft-to-a-belarusian-firm/ Africa Intelligence Magazine has revealed that the administration of Adama Barrow found a Belarusian buyer for Yahya Jammeh’s Ilyushin IL62-M aircraft. According to the magazine, the long-range Ilyushin IL62-M has been sold to Rada Airlines, a private sector Belarusian air freight carrier, at a price that is yet to be disclosed. The aircraft is said to have already left Banjul and landed in Vitebsk, 223 km northeast of Minsk, on 8 August, after a stopover in Djerba in Tunisia. Yahya Jammeh’s Ilyushin IL62-M has been in service for a total of 28 years. Following its purchase from the Barrow administration, it has changed its registration from C5-RTG to EW-564TR. According to Africa Intelligence Magazine, it is due to be converted for use as a cargo aircraft before being brought into service in Rada Airlines’ fleet alongside two other aircraft of the same type. The Ilyushin IL62-M was acquired from Uzbekistan in August 2005 by former president Yahya Jammeh, who was driven from power in January 2017 after refusing to recognize Adama Barrow’s victory. Jammeh has been living since in exile in Equatorial Guinea under the protection of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Rolls-Royces and Bentleys President Barrow, who took charge of a heavily indebted country in a state of financial ruin, has been trying to raise fresh funds. In 2018, he put two other Jammeh aircraft up for sale and some 30 luxury cars, including Rolls Royce and Bentleys, all owned by Jammeh and acquired with public funds. The Gambian treasury was hoping to raise $10m from the sale of these seized assets. According to Africa Intelligence, the two remaining aircraft have still not been sold. The two, a Boeing 727 acquired in September 2008 and a Bombardier Challenger 601, which used to be operated by the Luftwaffe and was purchased in November 2018, are still waiting for buyers at Banjul International Airport. Source: Africa Intelligence. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.