The Gambia parliament has voted 42 to 4 to advance the bill to lifting a ban on female circumcision in a move that could see the country the first in the world to reverse legal protections against the practice for women and girls.
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GAMBIA: Cough Syrup Deaths Parents Seeks Justice In Court
Parents of children whose deaths are linked to Indian manufactured to cough syrups in The Gambia have begun legal action against the government, an Indian pharmaceutical company as well as a medicine importer.
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GAMBIA: WHO, Presidency Investigates Children’s Deaths Linked To Indian Manufactured Cough Syrup
A massive police investigation is underway in The Gambia following the death of 66 children that has been linked to four brands of imported Indian cough syrup.
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GAMBIA: Ex-dictator Yahaya Jammeh To Go On Trial
The Gambian government says it is ready to put former dictator Yahya Jammeh on trial for a myriad of crimes committed between 1994 and 2017.
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