African migrants turn to deadly ocean route as options narrow

By Reuters,

Assane Diallo is making final preparations for a journey he knows could cost him his life: one thousand miles across open ocean from Senegal to the Ca...

African migrant , Assane Diallo

How money flowed to Gambia’s ex president

By Reuters,

Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed t...

Gambia , Yahya Jammeh

Gambia’s new president pledges fresh start, economic reform

By Reuters,

Gambia's President Adama Barrow vowed on Saturday to revive the country's faltering economy with sweeping reforms as he sought to draw a line under th...

economy , Gambia , Gambia's President Adama Barrow

Gambians celebrate homecoming of new President, Adama Barrow

By Reuters,

Thousands of people lined the streets of Gambia's capital Banjul on Thursday, January 26 to welcome home new President Adama Barrow days after authori...

Gambians unsure how much money Jammeh took into exile

By Reuters,

Just how much wealth former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh managed to take with him when he flew out of capital Banjul and into exile late on Saturday (J...

gambians , state cooffers empty jammeh exile , Yahya Jammeh

Gambians celebrate as West African troops enter capital after Jammeh flees

By Reuters,

Gambians celebrated in the streets on Sunday after a West African regional military force entered the capital city of Banjul and took control of the p...

Adama Barrow , Gambia , Yahya Jammeh

Gambians return home after longtime leader Jammeh flies into exile

By Reuters,

Gambians were returning to the capital Banjul on Sunday (January 22) after former leader Yahya Jammeh flew into exile overnight. The U.N. refugee a...

Equitorial Guinea , Gambia , gambians , Senegal , Yahya Jammeh

Gambia’s former leader Jammeh flies into exile in Equatorial Guinea

By Reuters,

Gambia's former leader Yahya Jammeh on Saturday flew into exile in Equatorial Guinea after stepping down under pressure from West African nations to a...

Gambia , Jammeh in exile , Yahya Jammeh

Refugees say will not return to Gambia until Jammeh leaves country

By Reuters,

Gambia's leader Yahya Jammeh's statement on Saturday (January 21) that he would step down from power gave thousands of Gambian refugees in Senegal hop...

Gambia’s Jammeh announces he is relinquishing power

By Reuters,

Gambia's longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, who refused to accept his election defeat last month, announced in the early hours of Saturday (January 21) that...

Gambia’s parliament extends defeated president’s office by 3 months

By Reuters,

Gambia's National Assembly has passed a resolution to allow President Yahya Jammeh, who lost an election in December, to stay in office for three mont...

Gambian President Jammeh declares state of emergency

By Reuters,

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after refusing to hand power to opposition leader Adama Barrow, who won an ele...

Gambia’s electoral commissioner flees country after threats

By Reuters,

The head of Gambia's electoral commission has fled to Senegal due to threats to his safety after declaring that President Yahya Jammeh lost last month...

Gambia leader accuses West African bloc of declaring war

By Reuters,

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused West African regional body ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting forces on alert in case he refuse...

Gambians celebrate after voting out “billion year” leader

By Reuters,

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for "a billion years", said he had accepted his shock election defeat...

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Gambians vote by throwing pebbles into drums as internet and phones cut, borders sealed

By Reuters,

Gambian authorities cut the internet, barred international calls and sealed land borders for an election on Thursday that poses the first serious chal...

elections , gambians , internet , voting

Gambia’s Jammeh faces rare challenge in December poll

By Reuters,

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will face a rare challenge from a revitalised and united opposition in an election on Thursday as he seeks to extend hi...

Gambia

Gambia’s opposition vows to take country back to ICC

By Atieno Mboya,

Gambia opposition leader, Adama Barrow, has called on massive support from Gambians to take the country back to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Gambia , ICC , Solo Sandeng , Yahya Jammeh

Gambia’s president vows ‘zero tolerance’ of election violence

By Reuters,

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh warned on Sunday that anyone involved violence or unrest during the country's presidential election in four days time w...

Gambia

Activists in Dakar demand release of Gambian opposition members

By VOA,

In Dakar, rights activists and members of the Gambian Diaspora marched Friday to demand the unconditional release of dozens of opposition members arre...

africa , Dakar , Gambia , Senegal