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BAD MEDICINE
Ebrima Sagnia was frantic as he carried his son through the doors of a hospital one evening last September. A few days earlier, Lamin had been a rambunctious 3-year-old, chasing a ball around the yard.
By @zachmider, @sw_gs, & @JoofMS
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No financial audits show where the preliminary allocations went, and no official announcement has ever clarified whether the line of credit was canceled, suspended, or quietly buried.
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The Republic reveals how the President— his sole proprietorship, Majum— his nephews, and his sister accumulated residential and commercial plots in lucrative areas such as Brufut, Fajara, and Old Yundum.
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In recent weeks, a controversial proposal by Gambia government to impose new regulations on media & journalists has sparked outrage among press freedom advocates. @gmpressunion has expressed strong opposition to these measures.
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EXPLAINER:
Justice on Trial: Is The Gambia Returning to a Culture of Arbitrary Detention?
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Photos taken from @Kerrfatou
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"Journalists are duty bound to protect children from harm, including harmful traditional practices, sexual and gender-based violence as stated in their code of conduct," @gmpressunion Secretary General @JoofMS said.
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This week, our secretary general @JoofMS participated in a high-level panel on "Freedom of Expression and Digital Surveillance in Africa" organised by Avocats Sans Frontieres France on the sidelines of the 85th Ordinary Session of the @achpr_cadhp
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🎉 Just had an incredible experience attending Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2025 (#FIFAfrica25)! 🎉 #InternetFreedomAfrica #FIFAfrica25 @cipesaug - via #Whova event app
Thirty-three Gambians hired to work in Spain on three-month contracts disappeared while in the country, jeopardizing a program designed to provide a legal pathway to work in Europe.
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A US court sentenced Michael Sang Correa, a former army captain who served under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to 67 and a half years in prison for torturing people accused of involvement in a failed coup plot
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The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment bank to reduce their reliance on foreign donors.
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Gambian lawmakers rejected a new draft constitution that imposed presidential term limits, but contained a loophole that would have allowed President Adama Barrow to run for re-election after his current five-year term ends in 2027.
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There is no evidence of an indepedent valuation done by the Sheriff in violation of a court order while a politician, Amadou Corra, was reportedly brought in to do the pricing at the sales, claims he denied.
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In May, @MohGambia issued an alert on the scabies outbreak at an Islamic boarding school. We explain the symptoms, treatment, prevention & prevalence of scabies in #Gambia
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Photo by N. Lufanga, Baby with Scabies (WHO website)
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Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy, where house staff make up more than a quarter of the entire labor force. @JoofMS reports.
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Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy trib.al/deEVsEJ
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Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy trib.al/j8QhIzY
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Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy trib.al/q9xwDio
Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy, where house staff make up more than a quarter of the entire labor force.
Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy trib.al/6pc0baG
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Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy trib.al/AQaSR8H
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A significant surge in remittance inflows last year makes up 31.5% of the West Africa nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Central Bank of The Gambia.
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Photo: Mass Njie | TNBES | August 13, 2019
