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2. Gambia court sentences soldier to 12 years in prison for ...

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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 ...

3. Swiss court jails Gambian ex-minister for crimes ... - AOL

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   GENEVA (Reuters) -A Swiss court on Wednesday convicted a former government minister from Gambia of crimes against humanity under former dictator Yahya Jammeh and jailed him for 20 years. The ...

4. Gambia's Move to Repeal FGM Ban Risks Women's Rights Globally

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   The fight to overturn the FGM ban in the Gambia In addition to banning the practice in 2015, the Gambian government also adopted a national strategy and policy last September to end the practice ...

5. 2016 Gambian presidential election - Wikipedia

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   Presidential elections were held in The Gambia on 1 December 2016. [1] In a surprise result, opposition candidate Adama Barrow defeated long-term incumbent Yahya Jammeh. [2] [3] The election marked the first change of presidency in The Gambia since a military coup in 1994, and the first transfer of power by popular election since independence ...

6. Foreign relations of the Gambia - Wikipedia

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   See Gambia–Taiwan relations. The Gambia firstly established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China ( Taiwan) in 1968, three years after The Gambia gained its independence from the United Kingdom. [2] In 1974, The Gambia switched diplomatic relations from ROC to the People's Republic of China but switched again back to ROC in 1995.

7. Faraba shooting - Wikipedia

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   The Faraba shooting was an incident in the town of Faraba Banta, The Gambia, that took place on 18 June 2018. During a protest against mining operations, officers of the Gambia Police Force used live ammunition, firing on protesters. Two were killed instantly, with a third dying two days later. A number of other protestors and police officers ...

8. Gambia rejects an effort to reverse a ban on female genital ...

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   March 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM. ERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in Gambia on Monday rejected, for now, an attempt to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African ...

9. The Daily Observer - Wikipedia

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   The Daily Observer. Coordinates: 13.475°N 16.676°W. The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, the Gambia. [1] 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 ...