Water bodies such as the Nile River, pictured here running through Juba in South Sudan, are included in the new model.
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Mosquito populations can respond quickly to changing climate, which means the location of areas at risk of malaria might change.
A homemade tool made from a nail used for female genital mutilation.
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To eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030, progress would need to be 27 times faster. Understanding shifting trends behind this practice is a start.
Play and storytelling are a crucial part of children’s cognitive development.
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Children benefit enormously from regular, cognitively stimulating interactions with their caregivers.
An anti-FGM protester holds a placard outside the National Assembly in Banjul on 18 March 2024.
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The potential repeal of the ban on female genital mutilation poses a threat to the well-being of girls in The Gambia.
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Genocide is called ‘the crime of crimes’ because of its collective significance.
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Six cases are testing international accountability mechanisms and showing how small countries like New Zealand can impact global justice.
Kora star Ballaké Sissoko at the sacred place of Sanementereng in The Gambia.
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The extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko: Kora Tales takes a journey from Mali to The Gambia.
Forced return of irregular African migrants from Europe is affecting political relationships in the two regions.
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The forced return of migrants by European states has ignored pressures and interests of African countries of origin.
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The danger from contaminated cough syrups is that early symptoms of poisoning, such as drowsiness, are sometimes observed in children without contamination.
Members of a European Union election observation team speak to voters in Zimbabwe.
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Voters speak favourably about the potential of observation to improve overall electoral quality and transparency.
A small group of protesters holds Russia and Burkina flags as they protest against the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Although West Africa has made some headway with efforts to propagate democracy, its dividends, in the form of good governance, remain elusive.
Supporters of incumbent president Adama Barrow’s National Peoples Party (NPP) during a campaign rally in Banjul in November 2021.
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Temporary measures such as legislative gender quotas can increase women’s access to political participation.
Gambia’s president Adama Barrow waves to supporters shortly after he arrived the country in 2017.
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Adama Barrow’s re-election in The Gambia was not unexpected. It, however, leaves the opposition with an uncertain path forward and signals the shrinking status of his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh.
The Gambia has a unique system of voting that does not involve the use of paper ballots in casting votes – instead it uses marbles.
Supporters of Gambia’s president, Adama Barrow, sing and dance during a campaign rally in Banjul on November 27, 2021.
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The 2021 presidential election in The Gambia is expected to be peaceful and losing candidates are likely to accept the outcome.
‘Coal is poison’: protests against a proposed Chinese-backed coal power plant in Kenya.
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We looked at 125,000 protests across Africa and mapped them against Chinese investments.
A health worker examines a child for signs of trachoma
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The Gambia’s success in eliminating trachoma means that resources previously allocated to combating the disease can now be reallocated to other public health conditions
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New evidence affirms that significant, long-standing inter-group cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution in Africa.
Gambians celebrate the departure of former strongman Yahya Jammeh in front of an armoured vehicle manned by West African troops in early 2017.
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The rejection of the bill on its merits means that Gambians will not get to see this version of the 2020 draft constitution in a future referendum.
African leaders blunt the transformative power of smartphones through censorship and internet shutdowns.
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The full benefits of digital democracy are being thwarted by digital exclusion that is driven by the high cost of data.