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Gov’t spends D827M on fuel subsidies in 7 months• UTG students protested despite gov’t assurances over campus conditions• Gambia hosts 18th African Geological Assembly to shape continent’s resource future• Juwara says Africa must stop exporting raw minerals• Gambia charts roadmap to ratify ILO Domestic Workers Convention• Gov’t spends D827M on fuel subsidies in 7 months• UTG students protested despite gov’t assurances over campus conditions• Gambia hosts 18th African Geological Assembly to shape continent’s resource future• Juwara says Africa must stop exporting raw minerals• Gambia charts roadmap to ratify ILO Domestic Workers Convention•

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Juwara says Africa must stop exporting raw minerals

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