Sources: Reuters
An investigation is launched in the Gambia into the deaths of 66 children during the past three months, which have been linked to four brands of imported cough syrup. 2022-10-9
France issues a nationwide high alert that requires all poultry farms to keep their flocks indoors, requires daily clinical monitoring of all farms, and enhanced conditions for bird transport, due to the spread of the current bird flu outbreak. 2021-11-5
France raises its bird flu alert level to "moderate" after a severe strain of the virus was reported this week at a private household in the Ardennes department, near the border with Belgium. 2021-09-10
Afghanistan reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in Herat Province. 2021-02-25
At the International Court of Justice, The Gambia presents charges against the government of Myanmar and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who traveled to appear in the court. According to the prosecution, the Burmese government is responsible for mass rapes, widespread arson and killings of Rohingya children, among other crimes. 2019-12-10
The Gambia's justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou states that the country will establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission "within the next six months" to investigate allegations of abuse dating from the time of former President Yahya Jammeh. According to Tambadou, public hearings are scheduled to get underway by year's end. 2017-03-24
Former President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia on a plane reportedly bound for Guinea. 2017-01-21
This week, the Gambia and Tanzania outlawed child marriages. Friday, the Tanzanian High Court β in a case filed by the "Msichana Initiative", a lobbying group that advocates for girls' right to education β ruled in favor of protecting girls from the harms of early marriage. And during a feast ending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced that child and forced marriages are banned. Jammeh called on the National Assembly to quickly take up the issue. 2016-07-9
Iranian man Azim Aghajani is convicted in Nigeria of attempting to smuggle weapons to The Gambia. He is sentenced to five years imprisonment. 2013-05-13
Two former military chiefs in The Gambia are charged over an alleged plot to remove President Yahya Jammeh from office in 2006; critics say the government is manipulating coup allegations for its own gain. 2010-06-18