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09 April 2025
What It's Like To ... Be A Travel Creator from The Gambia
Ibrahim Gano documents his travels without the gloss and pomp of typical travel vlogging, all from a Gambian perspective.
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27 May 2020
Watch the Adorable Trailer for The Gambia's First Animated Series
Fye Network introduces the characters Princess Halima, Bakary on Safari and Samba and Batch for The Gambia's first ever animated series for children.
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27 January 2020
Three Protesters Killed During Anti-Government Demonstrations in The Gambia
These are the first deaths to be reported since the protests against President Adama Barrow began.
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17 January 2020
Thousands of Gambians Protest for Former President Yahya Jammeh's Return from Exile
Supporters of the former statesman want the current Gambian government to guarantee his right to return from self-exile in Equatorial Guinea.
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17 December 2019
Gambians Call for President Adama Barrow to Resign
Gambians are protesting for the statesman to resign now that the three-year presidential term he committed to is coming to an end.
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13 November 2019
Former Gambian Beauty Queen Fatou Jallow's Movement Against Sexual Assault Gains Traction
After publicly accusing former President Yahya Jammeh of rape, young women under the #IamToufah banner are standing against sexual assault in the country.
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27 June 2019
The Gambian Government Has Called on Women to Report Sexual Crimes Committed by Former President Yahya Jammeh
This is in response to former beauty queen Fatou Jallow having publicly accused Jammeh of rape.
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26 June 2019
Former Gambian Beauty Queen Fatou Jallow Is the First Woman To Publicly Accuse President Yahya Jammeh of Rape
Now 23, Jallow comes forward as The Gambia establishes a commission to investigate the stained legacy of the Jammeh regime.
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26 April 2018
Watch Seinabo Sey's Beautiful Video About Black Womanhood
We talk to the singer-songwriter about her Gambian-shot video for "Breathe."
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11 December 2014
Yahya Jammeh: The Gambian Dictator Who Betrayed Kunta Kinteh
In an Okayafrica op-ed, Aisha Dabo and Jeffrey Smith discuss Yahya Jammeh's brutal betrayal of Kunta Kinteh's legacy in The Gambia.
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