Gambia: First Lady Extols President for Banning FGM in Gambia

The First Lady, Her Excellency Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh, has extolled the President, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya AJJ Jammeh, Babili Mansa, for his decision to ban FGM in The Gambia.

This remark was contained in a statement delivered on her behalf by the deputy Executive Director of Women's Bureau, Kajali Sonko, during the official opening of a two-day National Islamic Conference on FGM held in Kololi at the weekend.

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