Tag: President Yahya Jammeh

Banjul, Gambia : The government of Gambia ordered female government employees on Tuesday to wear headscarves at workplace in a sign that the West African country is embracing a Muslim identity, one month after President Yahya Jammeh declared it as an Islamic republic, Reuters reported. Starting this year, female workers are no longer allowed to expose their hair, said a memo circulated to all ministries and departments and seen by Reuters. "Female staff are urged to use head ties and neatly wrap their hair", the memo said. Around 95 percent of...