Gambia: Women Are the Backbone of National Development - President Jammeh

Thousands of Gambian women on Saturday converged at President Jammeh's farm in Kanilai, by responding to his call on back-to-the-land.

The women were there to help weed President Jammeh's rice field as a show of appreciation for waiving the maternity fee of Gambian women.

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