The government asserted that it could not remain ‘inactive’ in the face of terrorist attacks. On Friday, Myanmar argued before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its “clean-up operations” in the Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017 were counterterrorism, not genocidal, and dismissed Gambia’s evidence as rudimentary. RELATED: Voting Begins in Myanmar’s First Post […]

More than 100 migrants have died in a shipwreck off Mauritania, underscoring the deadly risks of the Atlantic route from West Africa to Europe.

A Gambian legislator is introducing a bill to repeal the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act. RELATED: Sudan: Conflict Risks World’s Largest Hunger Crisis, WFP The bill was presented to the National Assembly last Monday and is generating debates among conservative religious and political groups that ensure that FGM becomes legal again. Almameh Gibba, […]