gambia
Backlash fears as president threatens to jail parents in child marriage crackdown
Women’s rights activists on Friday welcomed the Gambian president’s decision to ban child marriage but warned of a backlash against plans to...
President seeks to shed colonial past as he declares Gambia an Islamic republic
Gambia has been declared an Islamic republic in a move designed to distance the West African state from its colonial past.
US denies any role in alleged Gambia coup attempt
The United States denied it had any role in an apparent coup attempt in The Gambia, after the African nation’s leader Yahya Jammeh blamed the attack...
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