Death shakes Jammeh and his family again: Former leader cries as he calls amid his brother’s death, sources say

Former President Yahya Jammeh was crying when he called a family member over the death of his half brother Ansumana Jammeh.

The younger Jammeh died late Saturday aged just 45. He had been admitted at Afrimed after his high blood pressure illness worsened.

Former President Yahya Jammeh, on exile in faraway Equatorial Guinea, spoke with a family member over his half brother’s death, sources have said.

The former leader however could say much as he was crying, the sources said.

It’s the second time in two years Jammeh is losing a close member of his family; his mother Aja Asombi Bojang who he had fled with died in July 2018.

Jammeh and Ansumana are half brothers sharing the same father. Ansumana’s mother Yassin is alive.