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Ice requests Cornell student who sued Trump administration to ‘surrender’ to immigration authorities

Momodou Taal, dual citizen of the UK and The Gambia, received email from homeland security days after filing lawsuit

The Guardian - US

Road to 2026: Cote d'Ivoire boss Faé calls for vigilance in World Cup qualfiers

Cote d'Ivoire head coach Emerse Faé warned his squad to maintain their focus as they search for six points over the next five days in 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Burundi and Gambia.

Radio France Internationale

Ecowas approves court for crimes committed under Gambia's dictatorship

West Africa's regional bloc Ecowas has approved the setting up a special court to try crimes committed in Gambia during its military dictatorship. It is the first time the bloc has partnered with a member state to set up such a court.

Radio France Internationale

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West Africa regional bloc sets up court for crimes under dictatorship in Gambia

West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved setting up a special court Sunday to try crimes committed in Gambia during its military dictatorship

The Independent UK

‘It is ambitious, but ambition builds the world’: can the Gambia’s bold plan to cut plastic pollution work?

Tourists flock to the country’s dazzling beaches, but its vast, smoking waste sites tell a different story – one that the government is keen to change

The Guardian - UK

Most expensive! Gambia's Musa Jobarteh creates unwanted record with nightmare spell against Zimbabwe

NEW DELHI: Gambia's Musa Jobarteh on Wednesday landed on the wrong side of record books as he delivered the most expensive T20 spell ever against Zimbabwe in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group B match in Nairobi.

The Times of India

Behind the loudest issues, the UN is a world stage for disputes that are often out of the spotlight

The world’s greatest stage is the sprawling Midtown Manhattan complex where leaders meet each year to discuss humanity’s future

The Independent UK

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Money Gambians send home from Europe is a lifeline for their families but the sacrifices take a toll

The money that many young Gambian men who left as migrants seeking jobs in Europe send back home every month is a lifeline for their families

The Independent UK

‘I will die trying’: Gambian migrant deportees dream of return to Europe

People who took the ‘backway’ to EU countries and were sent home find few opportunities.

Al Jazeera

Western media’s focus on colonial languages

Letter: Due recognition should be given to African languages such as Wolof, which is widely spoken in Senegal and the Gambia, when reporting on the region, writes Karim Bah

The Guardian - UK

Spain Signs Accords With Mauritania, Gambia To Curb Illegal Migration

Spain has signed agreements with Mauritania and The Gambia to strengthen cooperation to combat people smuggling and promote legal migration, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits West Africa in the face of surging migrant arrivals.

International Business Times

Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in Gambia on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of West Africa to tackle irregular migration

The Independent UK

Spanish PM to visit Mauritania, Senegal to address migration surge

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez begins a three-day visit to Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal Tuesday as part of his focus on curbing migration to the Canary Islands, which have seen a surge of arrivals from West Africa this year.

Radio France Internationale

Phoday Jarjussey obituary

Other lives: Civil servant in the Gambia who became a Labour councillor in the UK after fleeing a military coup

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Gambia may have upheld its ban on female cutting, but the fight goes on away from parliament

Gambia has been rocked in recent months by a heated debate on female genital cutting, a centuries-old practice rooted in concepts about sexual purity and control of women

The Guardian - UK

MPs in the Gambia vote to uphold ban on female genital mutilation

Campaigners applaud decision not to repeal law in west African country with one of the highest rates of FGM

International Business Times

Gambia MPs Uphold Ban On Female Genital Mutilation

Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure.

The Independent UK

Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first

Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia have rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting

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Gambia Lawmakers Reject Bill To Overturn Female Genital Cutting Ban

Gambia lawmakers reject bill to reverse ban on female genital cutting, a harmful practice with serious health risks. Efforts continue to eliminate this pra...

Al Jazeera

Gambia’s parliament upholds ban on female genital mutilation

MPs vote to kill the Women’s (Amendment) Bill, which had sought to decriminalise the practice of female circumcision.

International Business Times

Gambia MPs Back Report Upholding Genital Mutilation Ban

Gambian lawmakers on Monday approved a committee report supporting a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), as a bill seeking to overturn the law heads for a final vote this month.

Al Jazeera

At least 89 people dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania

Dozens missing after fishing vessel left from border of Senegal and Gambia with 170 believed to have been on board.

France 24

Sudan crisis: Conflict cripples medical system to the brink

In tonight's edition: Sudan is on the brink of famine and after more than a year of conflict, people are struggling to get access to medical facilities. Also, The Gambia aims to make education accessible to all. And we head to Senegal, where the new government is trying to save…

International Business Times

Swiss Court Jails Gambian Ex-minister For Crimes Against Humanity

Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Gambian ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh.

The Guardian - UK

‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the Gambia not to decriminalise FGM

Repealing ban would mean return of ‘one of the most pernicious forms of violence committed against women and children’

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