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A prominent Islamic scholar in Kiang Kaiaf Village, Lower River Region of the Gambia, Mr. Bakary Sanneh, has spoken out against the national ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), arguing that the law infringes on relig...
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When President Adama Barrow delivered his final State of the Nation Address (SoNA) of the current term on Thursday, March 26, 2026, he did more than present statistics—he offered a broad narrative of a country in transit...
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The Government of The Gambia has constructed a specialised court to handle gender-based violence (GBV) cases, with plans to inaugurate the facility in the second quarter of 2026, President Adama Barrow has announced.
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A decade after the Women's (Amendment) Act 2015 outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, women in the Lower River Region (LRR) remain deeply divided — caught between loyalty to tradition and growing awaren...
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“They told me it was the mark of a woman; I decided it was the scar of a secret I refused to carry.”
When Mrs. Nyaranding Cham was asked to inherit the title of “Ngansingbaa”—the community’s traditional cutter—after h...
