<span style="color: #222222;">Gambia today filed a case at the United Nations' highest court accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against its Rohingyas. It has asked the International Court of Justice in the Hague to urgently order measures to stop what he called Myanmar's genocidal conduct immediately. Gambia filed the case on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC).<br />''<br />''Gambia's Justice Minister and Attorney General, Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, told The Associated Press he wanted to send a clear message to Myanmar and the international community that the world must not stand by and do nothing in the face of what he described as terrible atrocities occurring.<br />''<br />''Myanmar's military began a counterinsurgency campaign against the Rohingya in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack.  More than 700,000 Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign involving killings and torching of homes.<br />''<br />''The head of a UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar warned last month that there is a serious risk of genocide recurring.</span><br />