Fake awards for Gambian president
A newspaper in the western Africa nation of Gambia claimed the President of Gambia had received awards from the White House. Turns out Yahya Jammeh did not. Anchor Marco Werman gets details from Frank Smyth, Washington representive for the Committee to Protect Journalists, the group that investigated the claims.
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