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Mauritania 0-1 Gambia: Superb Jallow strike gives Scorpions historic win
Gambia secured a historic win as they beat Mauritania 1-0 in their first ever game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday. It was a tight Group F contest between two of the newer nations on the elite African football scene, with this being Gambia’s first ever appearance in AFCON and only Mauritania’s second after making…
AFCON 2021: Gambia – Team guide, key players and full fixtures
All you need to know about the Scorpions of Gambia ahead of AFCON 2021. For the neutral, debutants are easy to latch on to. This is even more so the case when, as with Gambia, success has been achieved after a long, deliberate quest. The Scorpions have had a number of factors converge at the…
Gambia: The Story of a Jammeh-Era Survivor
The West African country's decision to delay a long-awaited report into the crimes committed under longtime leader Yahya Jammeh comes as families torn apart by the brutal regime struggle to heal decades on. When Awa Njie married her late husband, Don Faal, in February 1994, she could hardly imagine the cruel fate that would befall…