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Gambia: Amnesty International Says Gambia Must Charge or Release Detainees (Amnesty International)

Amnesty International today calls on the Gambian government to immediately charge or release all former government officials detained during a wave of arrests over the past week.

Drug chief re-arrested in probe (Gulf Times)

AFP/Banjul The chief of Gambia’s national drug agency has been re-arrested as part of a drug trafficking probe barely 24 hours after he was released, military sources said yesterday.

Gambia : Country Celebrates International Women's Day in the Gambia (AllAfrica.com)

Women all over the world are gathered in New York at the 54th meeting of the Committee On the Status of Women ('CSW 54'), to take stock of progress made since the adoption of the Beijing Plafform for Action in 1995 ('BPFA').

Gambia drug chief re-arrested (Independent Online)

The chief of Gambia's national drug agency has been along with 10 of the country's top brass in a drug trafficking swoop.

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The Tourism Minister noted that the tourism stakeholders are gearing up for the great event in the tourism calendar of events in the country. She said the smiling people of the Gambia will join forces to present all its unique qualities to make the ATA congress a success.

Nigeria : The Gambia Partners NTDC On Tourism Development (AllAfrica.com)

Berlin — Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) and The Gambian Tourism Ministry have pledged to work together for tourism promotion in West Africa.

Trip to The Gambia changes teen’s outlook (Bolton News)

THEY set off to The Gambia as teenagers with little idea of the hardship faced by children of a similar age in Africa.

Hoosiers lose to Northwestern, 73-58 (Indiana Daily Student)

It’s been another down season for the IU men’s basketball team, and now it’s officially done. The Hoosiers fell to the Northwestern Wildcats 73-58 on Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse. With the win, Northwestern moves on to play Purdue tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.

Gambia anti-drug chief released (News 24 South Africa)

The chief of Gambia's national drug agency has been released from prison without charge, after being arrested in a drug trafficking swoop, his brother has said.

Waiting: detainees' wives get a voice their husbands never had (Guardian Unlimited)

All the women in my new verbatim play, Waiting, found Britain an oasis of safety. Then 9/11 changed all that

Gambia row over wave of arrests (BBC News)

An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.

Gambia row over wave of arrests (BBC News)

An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.

Gambia : The Road to Self Determination and Independence (Part 4) (AllAfrica.com)

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For his part Major General Ousman Badjie deputizing for the Chief of Defence Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces, Massanneh Kinteh thanked the facilitators for their efforts in making the training successful.

Barnstaple councillor will confront her fears on Gambia trip (North Devon Gazette & Advertiser)

A Barnstaple councillor will be taken well and truly out of her comfort zone when she joins a charity mission to Africa next week.