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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 ...
This is a list of newspapers currently published in The Gambia. [1] [2] Daily. The Daily Observer; The Point; Today Newspaper; Biweekly. Foroyaa; The Independent ...
DAKAR (Reuters) -Gambia's parliament on Monday rejected a bill that would have ended a ban on female genital mutilation, after lawmakers voted down all the clauses in the proposed law. "The ban on ...
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.
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Prior to 2016 Gambian presidential election, a group of opposition parties reluctantly came together with a common goal of ending the 22 year regime of Yahya Jammeh.After the formation of the coalition, a primary was conducted at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, and Adama Barrow, a Real-Estate Developer and a former executive member of the biggest opposition party United Democratic Party (U.D.P) won ...
9 October – The Gambia is elected to a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning in 2025. [4] 15 December – ECOWAS approves the establishment of a special court to investigate crimes committed during the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh. [5]
Almost three-quarters of women aged 15 to 49 have undergone the practice, 65% of them when they were younger than 5, according to the latest government health survey in 2019-2020.