Supreme Court Hears State’s Defence in FGM Constitutional Challenge
The Supreme Court on Friday began hearing the State’s defence in the constitutional challenge to The Gambia’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), receiving testimony from two government witnesses on the legislative process that preceded the enactment of the Women’s (Amendment) Act, 2015. The case, Almameh Gibba and Seven Others v. The Attorney General, challenges […]
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