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Internally Displaced Persons from southern Senegal have been finding their way into neighbouring Gambia following skirmishes between Senegalese forces and Casamance rebels on Sunday.
As The Gambia joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, local feminists have been up in arms against an imam who made a controversial comment about female judges of the shariah court.
After winning their first ever Africa Cup of Nations title last weekend, Senegal continued their ascent into the upper echelons of world football while neighbours The Gambia made the biggest jump in the FIFA world ranking.
The Gambian capital Banjul will host the eighth African Islamic finance summit on March 23rd to explore Africa’s untapped financial market with a view to opening the continent up to new strategies for development, according to a statement by its organisers on Thursday.
At least two soldiers under the regional West African peacekeeping force are dead and nine others missing after skirmishes inside The Gambia between Senegalese troops and separatists of Senegal’s southern region, APA learnt on Wednesday.
Primary school students in The Gambia face significant learning losses due to high teacher absenteeism, a UNICEF study finds.
The Gambia in the last five years has been described as a new beacon of hope for the Commonwealth by its secretary general Patricia Scotland who was in Banjul to witness Wednesday’s inauguration of President Adama Barrow for a second-five year term.
Several West African leaders are in the Gambian capital Banjul to witness Wednesday’s inauguration for a second five-year term of President Adama Barrow following his re-election last month.
A petition by The Gambia’s opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) challenging President Adama Barrow’s victory in the December 4th presidential election has been struck out of court, APA can report on Tuesday.
Gambia’s exiled former president Yahya Jammeh is culpable for human rights violations including extrajudicial killings, rape, torture and disappearances during his 22-year rule, according to a newly released report by the country’s truth commission.