The world’s largest annual gathering of partners on ending female genital mutilation (FGM) kicks off in Banjul today. The Annual Technical Consultation brings together over hundred participants from more than a dozen countries for a weeklong dialogue and consultations on ending FGM. This is the first conference hosted in The[Read More…]
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No Native Dermatologist In The Gambia
The Gambia currently has no native dermatologist, JollofNews can report. The situation has apparently piled an unsustainable pressure on the skin clinic at the country’s main referral hospital. The dermatology unit of Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) is the only public skin clinic in The Gambia, seeing more than[Read More…]
Deaths Of Minors In Gunjur Raises Serious Environmental Questions
Two minors drowned in Gunjur on Wednesday as they attempted to gain access to the coastline, JollofNews was informed. Gunjur is currently in the frontline of environmental carnage as unregulated mining activities continue along the Atlantic coastline. Natives are losing vast chunk of agricultural lands to the unethical mining practices.[Read More…]
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