Gambians vote in 1st post-Jammeh presidential election Gambians vote in 1st post-Jammeh presidential election World 04 Dec, 2021
Protests against Gambia president bring 137 arrests, multiple injuries BANJUL: Gambian police arrested 137 people and more than two dozen were injured as protests calling for President Adama Barrow to honour a pledge to step down after three years in office turned violent for the first time, the government said. Barrow... Women 27 Jan, 2020
58 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA: Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat while 58 others drowned were receiving care Thursday in Mauritania after one of the deadliest disasters this year among people making... Women 05 Dec, 2019
Gambia's new president faces inauguration as nation cheers BANJUL: Thousands gathered Saturday for the ceremony marking the inauguration of Gambia's new president as this tiny West African nation celebrates wider freedoms after a tense political standoff with its former leader. Several heads of state... Women 18 Feb, 2017
Gambian activists urge justice as longtime leader steps down BANJUL: As Gambia's defeated authoritarian ruler prepares to leave the country, human rights activists demand that he be held accountable for alleged abuses. Yahya Jammeh announced early Saturday he will cede power, after hours of last-ditch... Women 21 Jan, 2017
Gambia's Jammeh offered last chance for peaceful exit before troops advance BANJUL: West African leaders said it was no longer possible for Gambia's veteran leader Yahya Jammeh to stay in power as regional military forces stood ready to advance on the capital Banjul on Friday. A regional delegation was due to visit... Women 20 Jan, 2017
Gambia's Jammeh asks for extension of deadline for him to leave power BANJUL: Gambia's longtime leader Yahya Jammeh has asked the West African bloc ECOWAS for an extension of a midday deadline for him to leave power until 4 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), government sources said on Friday. Guinea's President Alpha... Women 20 Jan, 2017
West African forces to wait for end of talks before advancing in Gambia West African forces that entered Gambia as part of an operation to force the country's veteran leader Yahya Jammeh to step aside will wait for mediation talks to finish before resuming their advance, a Senegalese presidential source said on... Women 20 Jan, 2017
UN says 45,000 flee Gambia amid political turmoil GENEVA: Political turmoil in Gambia has driven about 45,000 people, mainly children, to flee into Senegal since Jan. 1, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday, citing figures from the Senegalese government. "The next few days will be critical... Women 20 Jan, 2017
West African leaders hold crisis talks as Gambia leader's mandate ends DAKAR: Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz flew to Senegal to meet with President Macky Sall after last-ditch talks in Gambia aimed at resolving a crisis over the transfer of power, a Senegalese presidential source told Reuters on... Women 19 Jan, 2017
Tourists being evacuated from Gambia as crisis deepens BANJUL: Special flights are being organized to evacuate British tourists from Gambia where the threat of a military intervention looms. Incumbent leader Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency Tuesday, just two days before he is supposed to... Women 18 Jan, 2017
US calls Gambia crisis 'very dangerous' ahead of presidents' visit BANJUL/UNITED NATIONS: The United States said on Monday Gambia had reached "a very dangerous moment" as West African leaders prepared to travel there to tell long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down. Jammeh had... Women 13 Dec, 2016
