Gambia
Gambia coronavirus cases surge 60% in a week
Authorities attributed the rise to people relaxing their guard on protective measures that had so far kept Gambia's case total the lowest in Africa. Testing has...
President Adama Barrow said last week he would self-isolate for two weeks after Vice President Isatou Touray tested positive.
In a statement published on social media, Barrow's office said the president will self-isolate for two weeks, with immediate effect.
President Adama Barrow has reneged on his campaign promise to step down by this month, saying the constitution requires him to serve out a full five-year term.
In response, a movement called “Three Years Jotna” - which means “enough” in the local Wolof language - began protesting last month to demand his departure.
The Gambian government on Sunday denied that three protesters were killed during a demonstration demanding the departure of president Adama Barrow, and banned the group behind the protests.
The Nobel Peace laureate challenged allegations in a lawsuit brought by Gambia last month accusing Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
In its filing, Gambia asked the court to grant so-called provisional measures to make sure Myanmar immediately 'stops atrocities and genocide against its own Rohingya people'.
The environmental group estimated that fish represents 70% of the animal protein intake of people in Senegal and 50% in Gambia.
A veterinarian by training, Jawara in 1959 founded the Protectorate People’s Party, later rechristened the People’s Progressive Party, which emerged as the dominant political force following independence from Britain in 1965.
Yahya Jammeh ordered the massacre of some 30 migrants he said were "mercenaries" sent to topple him in 2005.
Jammeh ruled the tiny West African state for 22 years before fleeing to Equatorial Guinea after losing elections to opposition candidate Adama Barrow in December 2016.
The soldiers were led by a former military aide to ex-president Yahya Jammeh, who ruled Gambia for 22 years before losing an election in late 2016 to Barrow and then refusing to step down.
Jammeh fled the next month into self-imposed exile after his attempts to hold on to power brought intervention from neighboring countries.
While most of his people struggled in poverty under one of West Africa’s most oppressive regimes, Yahya Jammeh acquired vast wealth, much of which he took with him into exile in Equatorial Guinea.
President Adama Barrow is attempting to reverse many of his predecessor’s most controversial decisions and rehabilitate Gambia’s image abroad.
Gambia’s current President Adama Barrow was sworn in a year ago as a West African regional intervention force closed in on the capital Banjul forcing Jammeh to flee to Equatorial Guinea.
The new government has accused the former president of massive fraud including siphoning off public money during his 22-year rule.
The International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank are also due to hold meetings with Gambian authorities in the coming weeks.