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Switzerland indicts former Gambian minister for crimes against humanity

Switzerland's attorney general has filed an indictment against Gambia's former interior minister for crimes against humanity committed under former authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Chelsea join Nottingham Forest transfer race that has one major hurdle

Latest Nottingham Forest transfer news from NottinghamshireLive as Chelsea and Crystal Palace reportedly join Reds in race to sign Gambian teenager

Nottingham Post

Nottingham Forest and Tottenham linked star 'excited' by transfer reports

Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive as the Reds are linked with Gambian star Adama Bojang

Nottingham Post

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Children are dying. We need a worldwide medicines treaty to avoid further tragedies

Recent deaths linked to drugs made in India underline the need for a global framework for quality control and swift cross-border action when things go wrong

The Guardian - UK

Gambia appoints former civil service head as new vice president

Gambia's President Adama Barrow on Friday appointed a former head of civil service, Muhammad B. S. Jallow, to replace the West African country's late Vice President Badara Alieu Joof, the presidency said in a statement.

Reuters

Saudi Arabia Underscores Principles of Dialogue, Coexistence

The Saudi government reiterated on Tuesday the Kingdom’s stance that calls for spreading the principles of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence and shunning hatred and extremism. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Riyadh. The ministers reviewed the latest regional…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia review – living lute songs of love and war

Stories of survival and self-expression suffuse this anthology exploring the ekonting, the three-string gourd instrument

The Guardian - UK

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Gambian vice president dies after ‘short illness’ in India

Joof was the fourth deputy to serve under President Barrow since his 2016 win against former strongman Yahya Jammeh.

Al Jazeera

Gambian vice president dies of illness, president says

Gambia's Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Indonesia court hearing into children killed by toxic cough syrup

Some 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia and cases also reported in The Gambia and Uzbekistan.

Al Jazeera

Frances Foord obituary

Other lives: Midwife who spent 26 years in the Gambia before focusing on postnatal care in London

The Guardian - UK

Gambians Government Says Fugitive Soldier Who Backed Coup Plot Has Fled Abroad

The Gambian government is prosecuting several lower ranking members of the Gambian military for the crime.

Zenger

Gateways for action on Myanmar crisis

The coup in Myanmar in 2021 brought back to power a junta-based regime and compounded grave violations, adding fuel to a recurrent crisis. A constructive gateway for action in December 2022 was thus the adoption of the UN Security Council (SC) Resolution 2669, the first substantive resolution highlighting urgently needed…

Bangkok Post

Gambia charges eight soldiers over foiled coup

Gambia charged eight soldiers with treason and conspiracy on Friday for their role in a foiled coup last month, the government said in a statement.

Reuters

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Radio France Internationale

Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh bucks West Africa gender trend

The kora – a stringed instrument that combines the features of a lute and a harp – is traditionally reserved for men in West Africa, but that hasn't stopped British-Gambian artist Sona Jobarteh from carving out her own place alongside its greatest players.

Dynamite News

Cough Syrup Deaths: Congress Links Gambia Incident With Uzbekistan, BJP Hits Back

The death of 18 children in Uzbekistan allegedly after having cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm. Read on for details:

Reuters

India inspects drug factories as Gambia controversy lingers

India's pharmaceuticals regulator has begun inspecting some drug factories across the country, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as it tries to ensure high standards after an Indian company's cough and cold syrups were linked to deaths in Gambia.

Reuters

Two military officers arrested in Gambia for alleged link to foiled coup

Two Gambian military officers linked to an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Adama Barrow have been arrested over the weekend, Gambia's government spokesperson said on Monday.

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France condemns attempted coup d’etat in The Gambia

France’s Foreign Ministry on Friday gave its full support to the Gambian government following the attempted coup in the west African country. "France strongly condemns the recent coup attempt against President Adama Barrow in The Gambia," the Quai d'Orsay said in a statement.

Zenger

Gambians Wonder If Country’s Former Dictator Behind Recent Coup Attempt.

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France 24

Gambia says it has foiled alleged coup attempt

Several soldiers are arrested in Gambia over a foiled alleged coup plot. Authorities say they're in pursuit of three other suspected accomplices. Also in Gambia, a parliamentary committee recommends that the government ban and prosecute an Indian pharmaceutical company accused of causing the deaths of at least 70 children. And…

Daily Record

Man's body found in undercarriage of TUI plane after landing at UK airport

The unidentified man was discovered in the early hours of December 8 after the aircraft which flew from Gambia landed at Gatwick airport.

Wales Online

Man’s body found in undercarriage of flight from Gambia to the UK

Police are investigating what happened

The Independent UK

Man’s body found on undercarriage of plane that flew from Gambia to UK

Flight from Gambia to Britain takes around six hours on average and plane would have arrived into freezing conditions

Daily Mirror

Man's body found on wheel bay of aeroplane that flew from Gambia to Gatwick airport

The unidentified body was found on a TUI airline at Gatwick after flying in from Banjul, Gambia, a Gambian government spokesperson confirmed

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