Gambia
Protests against Gambia president bring 137 arrests, multiple injuries
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.
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Protests against Gambia president bring 137 arrests, multiple injuries
In response, a movement called “Three Years Jotna” - which means “enough” in the local Wolof language - began protesting last month to demand his departure.
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Gambia govt denies protesters killed, bans anti-president group
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.
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Suu Kyi tell UN's top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading'
The Nobel Peace laureate challenged allegations in a lawsuit brought by Gambia last month accusing Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
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Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court - minister
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'.
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Export of fish oil, meal a threat to millions in Africa: Greenpeace
The environmental group estimated that fish represents 70% of the animal protein intake of people in Senegal and 50% in Gambia.
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Gambia's first post-independence president Jawara dies at 95
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.
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Gambia's ex-president accused of ordering migrant slaughter
Yahya Jammeh ordered the massacre of some 30 migrants he said were "mercenaries" sent to topple him in 2005.
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Gambian ex-dictator 'handpicked' women for rape, abuse - HRW
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.
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Gambia sentences former soldiers over coup plot
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.
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US bars entry of ousted Gambian dictator Jammeh
Jammeh fled the next month into self-imposed exile after his attempts to hold on to power brought intervention from neighboring countries.
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Gambia selling ex-leader's luxury cars, planes amid mounting debt
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.
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The Gambia rejoins Commonwealth
President Adama Barrow is attempting to reverse many of his predecessor’s most controversial decisions and rehabilitate Gambia’s image abroad.
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Gambia arrests top Jammeh generals after they return from exile
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.
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Gambian authorities seize Yahya Jammeh’s bank accounts
The new government has accused the former president of massive fraud including siphoning off public money during his 22-year rule.
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World Bank pledges $60m to help fill Gambia’s empty coffers
The International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank are also due to hold meetings with Gambian authorities in the coming weeks.
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Report: Gambia’s ex-leader used charity to fund personal wealth
The new government has accused former president Yahya Jammeh of plundering many millions of dollars during his 22-year rule.
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Gambia's new president pledges fresh start, economic reform
Adama Barrow pledged to introduce free primary education & said government will start to encourage investment in other sectors.
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Gambia will stay in ICC
This goes against former president Yahya Jammeh's October announcement that he would pull the West African nation out of the ICC.
