President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has used a rally organised by women to defend the economic record of his government ahead of next month’s presidential election. Mr Barrow, 56, seeking a second presidential term and is being challenged in the polls his political godfather, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe of the[Read More…]
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Gambia 2021: Jaha Dukureh: The FGM Activist Hoping To Be President Of Gambia
Jaha Dukureh was a young mother of three with little campaigning experience when she started a movement in the Gambia to end female genital mutilation, backed by the Guardian. In the seven years that followed she advised Barack Obama in the US, where she was then living, helped have FGM[Read More…]
Gambia: Fatou Bensouda – ‘I Didn’t Know What Was Happening Under Jammeh’
By Thierry Cruvellier For the first time ever, former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda talks about the time when she served under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh in the Gambia. She claims she knew nothing of the serious human rights violations that were committed while she held top posts in the[Read More…]
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