Gambia

• Bedford, N.S. woman’s water purification system to launch pilot project in Africa

  A new Halifax-based organization has developed a cost-effective water purification system and will be launching a pilot project in the Gambia and Kenya.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2022
  
• Myanmar must prevent genocide against Rohingya, UN top court rules

  In a unanimous 17-0 decision on Thursday, the International Court of Justice rejected Myanmar's argument that the deaths of the Rohingya were part of an "armed military conflict."

  World

  Jan 23, 2020
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: African students say they were ‘misled’ by B.C. college owner who regulators say collected roughly $560K in fees

  The owner of a private college in Surrey, B.C., is facing accusations she took thousands of dollars from African students, a Global News investigation has uncovered.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2018
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• Nova Scotia students to mark Remembrance Day honouring graves of Canadian soldiers in The Gambia

  A class of Halifax university students is about to make history, marking Remembrance Day at a group of little-known graves for Canadian soldiers in the West African country of The Gambia.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2018
• Prince Charles and Camilla begin 3-day visit in Gambia

  The British High Commission in Gambia said the visit would celebrate the U.K.'s "dynamic, forward-looking partnership with the Commonwealth nations on a range of shared priorities."

  World

  Oct 31, 2018
• Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh looted millions from state coffers on his way out

  Yahya Jammeh also shipped out an unknown number of luxury vehicles by cargo plane before taking exile in Equatorial Guinea, a special adviser for the new Gambian president said.

  World

  Jan 22, 2017
• Regional troops enter Gambia in effort to get Yahya Jammeh to go

  A West African regional force charged into neighbouring Gambia late Thursday to support the country's newly inaugurated president, while longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh showed no sign of stepping down.

  World

  Jan 19, 2017
• Gambians urged to stay indoors as deadline arrives for Yahya Jammeh

  Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faced the prospect of a military intervention by regional forces, as the man who once pledged to rule the West African nation for a billion years clung to power.

  Politics

  Jan 19, 2017
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• US orders families of embassy personnel out of Gambia

  The West African regional bloc stands with the people of Gambia and will apply diplomatic solutions to solve the country's political crisis.

  World

  Jan 7, 2017
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• Gambia leader approves law that would jail some gays for life

  Gambia's president has signed a bill into law that calls for life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.

  Politics

  Nov 21, 2014