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  2. List of newspapers in the Gambia - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Newspaper – online. The Standard – online. The Daily News – online.

  3. 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.

  4. The Point (the Gambia) - Wikipedia

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    History. On 16 December 1991, The Point was founded by Pap Saine, Deyda Hydara, and Babucarr Gaye; Hydara and Saine had been friends since childhood. [1] Gaye resigned four months later, [2] and Hydara and Saine ran the paper together for the next decade. [3] Saine also worked as a Reuters correspondent for West Africa.

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Yahya Jammeh - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Yahya Abdul-Aziz James Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017, as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, in the Gambia, and is a Muslim of the Jola ethnic group.

  8. Gambia cough syrup scandal - Wikipedia

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    Gambia cough syrup scandal refers to the deaths of 70 children in The Gambia from the consumption of four cough syrups manufactured in India. In October 2022, the World Health Organization issued a medical product alert asking regulators to remove Maiden Pharmaceuticals' products from the market.

  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 ...