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May 24
Gambia: 'No Medical Value' - Activist Cautions Parliament Against Reversing FGM Ban
A prominent campaigner against female genital mutilation urged Gambian MPs not to reverse the 2015 ban that the country's former president Yahya Jammeh signed into law. Jaha… Read more »
March 07
Gambia: The Gambia's Parliament Considers Lifting Ban on FGM
The Gambian government is discussing lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) this month. Some Gambian members of parliament believe that declaring the practice illegal… Read more »
May 31, 2023
West Africa: The Human Cost of Overfishing
The executive summary of a report by Amnesty International on overfishing in Gambia. Read more »
West Africa: Illegal Fishing Costs West African Nations Billions in Revenue
Six West African nations lose U.S. $2.3 billion a year as a result of illegal fishing, says a new report from Amnesty International. Read more »
November 09, 2022
Africa: Helping Small Businesses Adapt to the Climate Crisis is Crucial for African Countries #AfricaClimateHope
Small and medium-sized enterprises are essential engines for growth and play a key role in creating jobs and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Yet, the financing gap for SMEs,… Read more »
October 06, 2021
Gambia: U.S. Acts to Seize Former Gambia Leader Jammeh's Property
Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh whose rule was characterised by allegations of widespread abuses is faced with a forfeiture process in U.S. courts. Read more »
February 05, 2020
Africa: Why Ending FGM Is 'Actually Not Hard', Says Activist Jaha Dukureh
Jaha Dukureh and her organisation Safe Hands for Girls have set themselves a date to end a war that has been going on for 15 years - ending female genital mutilation (FGM).… Read more »
August 28, 2019
Gambia: Country's Founding President Dies
The first president of The Gambia, Dawda Jawara, is dead reports RFI. He died on Tuesday, August 27 at the age of 95 years. His family confirmed his death at his residence in… Read more »
June 15, 2018
Africa: African Nations Pledge to Use Trade to Reduce Poverty
Gambia's Vice President and Minister for Women's Affairs, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, says trade has been a strategic tool for reducing poverty and has delivered incredible gains… Read more »
May 28, 2018
West Africa: Helping to Bring Perpetrators to Justice at Home
Activists and victims of some of the worst crimes committed in West Africa sat down together in Banjul, Gambia recently to talk about how to bring to justice more people… Read more »
October 13, 2017
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Faces Challenging Economic Outlook - World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa's economies are experiencing a modest recovery, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the region expected to rise to 2.4 percent in 2017 from 1.3 percent… Read more »
February 02, 2017
Africa: 10 Yays for the AU!
While the African Union gets a lot of flack for its inaction, they have taken *some* good decisions. We want to use Madam Chair's departure to highlight those... Read more »
January 11, 2017
Gambia: Is Jammeh Changing His Tone? - VIDEO
In his latest speech to the nation, Yahya Jammeh said the 2016 election result - which he lost - is not credible, and criticised "foreign interference" and a "sustained smear… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Gambia: A Message to the Gambia - 'Build that Bridge'
The Gambia is free at last of Yahya Jammeh. Newly elected President Adama Barrow must now take bold steps to restore Gambia's place as a responsible West African nation, with… Read more »
December 02, 2016
Gambia: What is Happening With Gambia Vote Counting?
Counting has started after presidential elections in Gambia, with the incumbent Yahya Jammeh seeking a fifth mandate. According to Reuters, the first results from two… Read more »
November 20, 2016
Gambia: Is Freedom Stirring in Banjul?
"We are ready for change!" These were the words of the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport in Gambia. We had just passed a huge billboard bearing the image of President… Read more »
October 11, 2016
Africa: 22000 CODESRIA books to African institutions of higher education
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) has donated 21,771 books to seven African institutions of higher education and research and five… Read more »
September 15, 2016
Africa: 'China-Africa Cooperation Must be Mutually Beneficial'
A China-Africa Symposium was held on 11-12 August, 2016 in Mombasa, Kenya, on the theme "Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development". It was co-hosted by the Institute of African… Read more »
June 09, 2016
Africa: Thirty Nations Cut 'Multidimensional' Poverty in 'Runaway Success'
According to a new analysis from the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford, 30 of 35 sub-Saharan African countries analysed for changes to… Read more »
March 07, 2016
Africa: How to Adapt to Beat Crippling Droughts
Right now, 14 million people across southern Africa face going hungry due to the prolonged drought brought on by the strongest El Niño in 50 years. Read more »
August 10, 2015
West Africa: Why Should West Africa Hesitate to Endorse Term Limits?
President Barack Obama's widely-publicised remarks in Addis Ababa on African presidents who refuse to step down when their terms end highlights a vigorous debate which is going on… Read more »
February 18, 2015
Gambia: How to Mark Gambia's 50th Anniversary
On February 18, 1965, when the representatives of Britain's queen mounted the dais at the MacCarthy Square (now July 22nd Square) situated in the centre of then Bathurst (now… Read more »
December 30, 2014
Gambia: Deaths During 'Failed Coup'
The Gambian presidential palace in Banjul was attacked by armed men very early this morning, according to freedomnewpaper.com. The same source added that some soldiers loyal to… Read more »
April 13, 2014
Africa: From North to South, East to West, Media Freedom in Africa Under Challenge
The executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Alison Bethel McKenzie, delivered a wide-ranging report on press freedom in the world to the institute's world… Read more »
October 17, 2013
Africa: Campaign Names Africa's Slave-Holding Nations
An anti-slavery campaign group says in a new report that Nigeria has the highest number of people living in what it describes as "modern slavery" in Africa, while Mauritania has… Read more »
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