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This is a list of newspapers currently published in The Gambia. [1] [2] Daily. The Daily Observer; The Point; ... The Daily News – online; See also. List of ...
The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, [2] [self-published source] was founded by Mae Gene and Kenneth Best in 1990. [3] Kenneth Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia , until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to relocate with his family to the Gambia. [ 2 ]
Today Newspaper is an independent newspaper in the Gambia, West Africa. It was established July 2007 by Abdul Hamid Adiamoh , a Nigerian journalist . The newspaper was the first to publish colour on its front cover and in selected pages.
Few dared question Gambia's former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, when he outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) over a decade later, in 2015, saying it was not required by Islam, the country's majority
Gambian lawmakers adopted recommendations on Monday for the country to maintain its ban on female genital mutilation ahead of a vote later this month on whether to decriminalise the practice.
Gambia's high court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 12 years in prison for leading a foiled coup last year against President Adama Barrow's administration. Eight soldiers were charged with ...
On 14 December 2004, the Gambia passed two new media laws. One, the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill 2004, allowed prison terms for defamation and sedition; the other, the Newspaper (Amendment) Bill 2004, required newspaper owners to purchase expensive operating licenses, registering their homes as security.
Lawmakers in Gambia on Monday rejected, for now, an attempt to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal.