PROFILE - Brig. Gen. Abu Bakr Younis JABER

From: APS Review Downstream Trends | Date: November 30, 1992 | Copyright information

Born in 1942 at Zella in Fezzan, Jaber's family is said to originate from the Augila oasis in northern Chad. Like the other four, ...

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