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Ex-Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh "Handpicked" Women For Rape
Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh "handpicked" women whom he would rape or sexually coerce, offering cash, gifts and other privileges in exchange, international rights groups said on Wednesday.
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Gambia's Jammeh 'Plundered' State Coffers: New President Aide
Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered the state coffers and stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, an aide to new President Adama Barrow said Sunday.
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Gambian Leader Yahya Jammeh Declares State Of Emergency
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, just two days before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last month. Mr Jammeh is refusing to step down despite international pressure and the threat by other West African nations of a military intervention. The 90-day state of emergency, announced on state te...
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Gambian Army Chief Stands By Embattled President Yahya Jammeh
Gambia's army chief reaffirmed his loyalty to embattled President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in the face of a possible regional military intervention to enforce the result of an election that dealt the longtime leader a surprise defeat.
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Longtime Leader Yahya Jammeh Must Step Down Now: Gambian President-Elect
Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow said on Monday longtime leader Yahya Jammeh should leave power immediately after the incumbent president announced he would challenge the election result despite previously accepting defeat.
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Ban On Child Marriage 'As From Today,' Says Gambia's President
Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh has announced a ban on child and forced marriage and urged lawmakers to take up the issue quickly.
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Gambia Orders Female Civil Servants To Cover Their Hair At Work
Female civil servants in the west African country of Gambia, recently declared "an Islamic state" by its president, have been ordered to cover their hair at work, a leaked government memo showed.
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Gambia President Declares Country an Islamic Republic
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Friday declared the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to distance the West African state further from its colonial past.
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US Slams Gambia's President for 'Unconscionable' Gay Comments
The United States slammed Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Saturday for "unconscionable" remarks, after the West African leader reportedly threatened to slit the throats of gay men in his country.
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Gambia President Returns Home After Reports of Coup Attempt
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul on Wednesday and shops and banks reopened, a day after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in an apparent coup attempt led by a former commander of the presidential guard.
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Flying Home After Gunfire Rocks Banjul: Gambia President
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night.
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Gambia's Yahya Jammeh calls gays 'vermin', says to fight like mosquitoes
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday called homosexuals "vermin" and said his government would tackle them in the same way it fights malaria-causing mosquitoes.
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Ex-Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh "Handpicked" Women For Rape
Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh "handpicked" women whom he would rape or sexually coerce, offering cash, gifts and other privileges in exchange, international rights groups said on Wednesday.
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Gambia's Jammeh 'Plundered' State Coffers: New President Aide
Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered the state coffers and stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, an aide to new President Adama Barrow said Sunday.
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Gambian Leader Yahya Jammeh Declares State Of Emergency
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, just two days before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last month. Mr Jammeh is refusing to step down despite international pressure and the threat by other West African nations of a military intervention. The 90-day state of emergency, announced on state te...
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Gambian Army Chief Stands By Embattled President Yahya Jammeh
Gambia's army chief reaffirmed his loyalty to embattled President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in the face of a possible regional military intervention to enforce the result of an election that dealt the longtime leader a surprise defeat.
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Longtime Leader Yahya Jammeh Must Step Down Now: Gambian President-Elect
Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow said on Monday longtime leader Yahya Jammeh should leave power immediately after the incumbent president announced he would challenge the election result despite previously accepting defeat.
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Ban On Child Marriage 'As From Today,' Says Gambia's President
Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh has announced a ban on child and forced marriage and urged lawmakers to take up the issue quickly.
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Gambia Orders Female Civil Servants To Cover Their Hair At Work
Female civil servants in the west African country of Gambia, recently declared "an Islamic state" by its president, have been ordered to cover their hair at work, a leaked government memo showed.
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Gambia President Declares Country an Islamic Republic
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Friday declared the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to distance the West African state further from its colonial past.
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US Slams Gambia's President for 'Unconscionable' Gay Comments
The United States slammed Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Saturday for "unconscionable" remarks, after the West African leader reportedly threatened to slit the throats of gay men in his country.
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Gambia President Returns Home After Reports of Coup Attempt
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul on Wednesday and shops and banks reopened, a day after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in an apparent coup attempt led by a former commander of the presidential guard.
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Flying Home After Gunfire Rocks Banjul: Gambia President
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night.
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Gambia's Yahya Jammeh calls gays 'vermin', says to fight like mosquitoes
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday called homosexuals "vermin" and said his government would tackle them in the same way it fights malaria-causing mosquitoes.
