The minority Rohingya community was β€œtargeted for destruction”, the UN's highest court heard on Monday on the first day of a genocide case against Myanmar.

The predominantly ⁠Muslim West African country of The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice – also known as the World Court – in 2019. Dawda Jallow, The Gambia's Justice Minister, said the case had the β€œfull backing and support” of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Co-operation.

β€œWe also stand in solidarity with 11 intervening states who have urged the court

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