Gambia Accuses Former President Jammeh of Stealing $50m
The Gambia’s former ruler Yahya Jammeh stole at least $50m from the state, the country’s justice minister said on Monday, ...
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Gambia’s Gets First Visually Impaired Female MP
Ndey Yassin Secka-Sallah is one of the three females to be appointed into the National Assembly Gambia President Adama Barrow ...
Gambia’s UDP Takes Control of Post-Jammeh Parliament
The Gambia’s United Democratic Party (UDP) emerged from decades in opposition in the country’s parliament to take its first absolute ...
Barrow Still Not Party Member
Gambia's victorious UDP party has told the BBC that President Adama Barrow is still not a member of the party ...
Gambia’s Opposition UDP Wins Absolute Majority From Jammeh Party
The Gambia's longtime opposition won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, easily defeating the party of ousted leader Yahya Jammeh, ...
The Vote Gambia’s President Barrow Must Win
Gambians will today vote for members of their one-chamber parliament. They are the first polls since Yahya Jammeh left power ...
Gambians Head To Polls For First Post-Jammeh Vote
Gambians head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with ...
Dancing In the Dark With Jammeh’s Diehard Supporters
They came to dance in green t-shirts adorned with Yahya Jammeh's grinning face and to sing the old songs of ...
Gambia Ruling Coalition Breaks Up Ahead of April Poll
The Gambia's ruling coalition has broken apart ahead of a parliamentary poll next month, dealing a blow to new President ...
Remains of Opposition Activist Solo Sandeng Exhumed
Police in the Gambia say investigators have exhumed the body of Solo Sandeng who died in custody during the administration ...
Gambian Police Launch Probe Into Journalist’s Beating
Gambian police have launched an investigation into a violent public assault of a reporter by supporters of President Adama Barrow, ...
Gambian Journalists Pressure Govt After Attack On Reporter
Journalists in The Gambia on Tuesday urged the country's new leadership to uphold their pledge to respect media freedom after ...
Yahya Jammeh’s Ouster By ECOWAS Is A Noble Idea!
Moments before his assassination in June 1992 in the city of Annaba, the Algerian Head of State Muhammed Boudiaf was ...
Jammeh Deserves Hard Butt-Kicking
Even by West African standards, The Gambia, with a population of just under 2 million, is a very small country. ...
Akufo-Addo Congratulates Gambia’s President-Elect
Ghana’s main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated president-elect of The Gambia, Adama Barrow. The property developer beat incumbent Yahya ...
Don’t Light An Electoral Bushfire
The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has warned his supporters that violence was like "bushfire" that could destroy the country, as ...
First Female Gambian Presidential Candidate Withdraws
In a statement sent to AFP, Isatou Touray said she was dropping out of the contest "so as to offer ...