Experts warn that unless The Gambia invests more in its agric sector, attracting its teeming young people, food security, job ...

BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian police have charged three women over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation in a case that has sparked an outcry across the country ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practised but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

Gambia’s parliament debated Monday whether to overturn a landmark law that banned female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country, as some religious groups in the largely Muslim nation pushed for ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

A movement to repeal female genital mutilation (FGM) bans is sweeping West Africa—and it could have global implications for women's rights.