| 5,598,599 |
13.4383 |
-16.6781 |
Gambia |
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reports of fighting between armed groups and Senegalese army. |
| 5,598,604 |
13.4531 |
-16.5775 |
Gambia |
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A British missionary who was sentenced to a year's hard labour for criticising the Gambian Government has been freed after serving her jail term. Fiona Fulton, 47, and her husband David were convicted on charges of sedition after making comments critical of the country's Government and President Yahya Jammeh in a series of e-mails. Both were sentenced to a year's hard labour but Mr Fulton, 61, received an additional three years in June after pleading guilty to using false numberplates on his Range Rover. |
| 5,598,607 |
13.4531 |
-16.5775 |
Gambia |
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A leading member of Gambia's opposition coalition says the group is demanding answers from President Yahya Jammeh's administration after several top security officials were arrested for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. |
| 5,598,611 |
13.4531 |
-16.5775 |
Gambia |
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Musa Saidykhan, a former editor-in-chief of the banned Banjul-based The Independent newspaper on Thursday told the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja that those who tortured him while he was being detained in The Gambia, were members of President Yahya Jammehs Presidential Guard. |
| 5,598,614 |
13.4531 |
-16.5775 |
Gambia |
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A Gambian court has sentenced six top military officials and two businessmen to death Thursday for their roles in a plot to overthrow the government.The eight were found guilty of procuring arms from Guinea, and of two counts of conspiracy to commit treason to overthrow the government of Yahya Jammeh. |
| 5,598,618 |
13.22 |
-16.3 |
Gambia |
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The Sutusinjang villagers indicated that to their surprise on Saturday 2 October, at around midday, heavy fighting broke out at the outskirts of their village. They said that the fighting was so close to their village that some residents had to vacate their homes for safety. They said that the Saturday fighting at the outskirts of their village lasted for about an hour and the Gambia Army had to come to the scene. They stated that they had to alert the Gambia Armed Forces that were stationed at Bulock to intervene to stop the fighting from spilling over to the heart of the village. The Sutusinjang villagers told Foroyaa that many farmers who were working at their farms have to immediately abandon them due to the continuous gun fire coming from all directions towards them. |
| 5,598,621 |
13.4531 |
-16.5775 |
Gambia |
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Gambias Justice Minister, Edward Gomez has been quoted issuing threats to exiled journalists and rights defenders, saying that they would be prosecuted if they returned for painting a grim picture of the country. |
| 5,598,624 |
13.4383 |
-16.6781 |
Gambia |
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Dr. Amadou Scattered Janneh, who recently criticized the disappearance of people and attacks on the media, was on June 7, 2011 arrested by plain-clothes security agents at his office in Serrekunda, The Gambia's largest town. |
| 5,598,907 |
5.55602 |
-0.1969 |
Ghana |
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Police fire teargas into sports crowd, causing a stampede that kills over a hundred people |
| 5,598,627 |
13.4531 |
-16.5775 |
Gambia |
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Gambias special criminal court on Friday sentenced the countrys former police chief to life in prison for armed robbery, corruption, and a host of other charges. |
