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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. 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 ...

  4. 2021 Gambian presidential election - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 4 December 2021. [1] The result was a victory for incumbent President Adama Barrow of the National People's Party, who received 53% of the vote, defeating five other candidates.

  5. Public holidays in the Gambia - Wikipedia

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    Good Friday – April 10 [3] Easter Monday – April 13. Qadr Night (Revelation of the Quran) – May 20 [2] Korité (Breaking of the Ramadan fast) – May 24 [4] Tabaski (Feast of the Sacrifice) – starts July 31 [5] Ashura – starts sundown, August 28 [6] Mawlid – starts at sundown, October 28 [7] 2021. Good Friday – April 2 [3]

  6. COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia - Wikipedia

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    934,799 [1] (total vaccinated) 532,070 [1] (fully vaccinated) 1,444,492 [1] (doses administered) The COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached The Gambia in March 2020.

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  8. Adama Barrow - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Adama Barrow ( Fula: 𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮, romanized: Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017. Born in Mankamang Kunda, a village near Basse Santa Su, he attended Crab Island Secondary School and the Muslim High ...

  9. 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.