[1] Yahya Jammeh married Tuti Faal in September 1994, a few months after his successful coup.
[5] In October 1997, she travelled to the United States with her husband on an official trip abroad.
[6] Since she remained childless during their marriage, President Jammeh is said to have sent her to Saudi Arabia in 1997 for gynecological examinations.
In December 1997, he married Zeinab Jammeh and divorced Tuti Faal while she was still abroad for medical treatment.
[1][7][8] After the divorce, Tuti Faal left the presidential State House and settled in her home village of Kembujeh [de].