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GAMBIA

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2023
The meds they bought were toxic. Now Gambian parents seek justice.
Filing a lawsuit against the Gambian government is a rare step in one of Africa's poorest countries, where few have the means to challenge authorities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2023
Mystery middleman may offer clues to Indian-made cough syrup deaths
The deaths of more than 70 Gambian children from acute kidney Injury were linked by global health officials to cough syrups made in India.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 8, 2022
More developing countries refinancing debt in green deals to tackle climate change
Collectively, 58 of the world's developing countries most vulnerable to climate change have almost half a trillion of debt servicing payments due in the next four years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2022
COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging
After what health experts call the biggest backslide in a generation, 26 large or disruptive measles outbreaks have sprung up worldwide.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 7, 2020
At current rate, female genital mutilation will take centuries to eradicate, U.N. says
Female genital mutilation (FGM) will take centuries to eradicate despite world leaders promising to end the practice by 2030, according to United Nations data released on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2019
Dozens of fleeing Rohingya go on trial in Myanmar for 'illegal travel'
Dozens of Rohingya Muslims appeared in a Myanmar court on Wednesday to face charges of traveling illegally after they were arrested while fleeing apartheid-like conditions in the country's Rakhine state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2019
At U.N. court, Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls claims of Rohingya genocide 'misleading'
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday defended her country's treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority during testimony at the International Court of Justice, countering claims that they have been subjected to genocide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2019
As Aung San Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes and killings in Myanmar
Gambia's legal team described mass rapes, the burning of families in their homes and killings of dozens of Muslim Rohingya children with knives as it set out its genocide case against Myanmar at the U.N.'s International Court of Justice on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2019
Stunning turnaround as Suu Kyi set to defend Myanmar against charge of Rohingya genocide
The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to Western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgling democracy who had brought an end to half a century of military dictatorship.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 1, 2019
In detailed testimony, Gambian women allege sex abuse at hands of former president Jammeh
Speaking calmly through tears in a hearing streamed live on YouTube, former beauty queen Fatou Jallow told how former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh locked her in a room and raped her.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2017
Crisis in Gambia
Yayha Jammeh, who lost Gambia's presidential election last month, should honor the people's will by stepping down.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2017
West African leaders aim to persuade longtime Gambian ruler to step down; regional force pauses intervention
anjul/Dakar
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 19, 2017
Ousted Gambian leader refuses to budge; tourists flee as regional troops prepare to intervene
akar
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Gambia — a short billion years
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh shocked his nation and the world when he said he would honor an election that saw him defeated.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2016
Gambia withdraws from International Criminal Court over 'persecution' of non-Westerners
The government of Gambia said on Tuesday it was withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, accusing the world body of ignoring the "war crimes" of Western nations and seeking only to prosecute Africans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2015
U.S. charges developer, vet in Gambia coup bid
Federal prosecutors Monday charged a Texas businessman who allegedly wanted to be the president of Gambia with conspiring with a former U.S. Army sergeant and others to orchestrate a deadly coup attempt in the tiny African nation last week.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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