[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Addis Ababa -- Small West African nation follows Ghana in successfully eradicating the painful eye disease, which still affects people in more than 40 countries

[Foroyaa] Health authorities have on Wednesday 21st April 2021 informed this medium that nineteen thousand six hundred and thirty-four (19,634) people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of 18th April 2021.

[Foroyaa] The national assembly joint committee on Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Human Rights and Constitutional Matters has engaged the country's election body (IEC) on the Election Bill 2021.

[Foroyaa] Sixty-five (65) individuals who were arrested and handed over to Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG) by "Operation Zero Crime" Unit have been charged with drug related offences.

[Foroyaa] The Gambia has on Wednesday 21st April 2021 registered one new COVID-19 related death, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to one hundred and seventy-one.