September 13, 2012

• Gambia: Mass Executions Awaken Worry

  It's been sleepless nights for a young man in the Netherlands ever since Gambia's president announced that 47 prisoners would be executed this month. The news haunts this man, who... Read more »

January 19, 2012

• Gambia: Jammeh Cracks Whip Ahead of Fourth Term

  Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh vowed ahead of his swearing-in for a fourth term Thursday to clamp down on lazy workers, eradicate corruption and turn his tiny country into an... Read more »

January 17, 2012

• Gambia: Govt Jails Ex-Minister for Life Over Coup Plot

  A court in Gambia on Monday sentenced a former information minister, who is also a US national, to life in prison for plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya... Read more »

January 11, 2012

• Gambia: Journalist Arrested On Defamation Charge

  A journalist has been arrested and charged with defamation in the tiny west African nation of Gambia, police said Wednesday, after he wrote an article accusing a local chief of... Read more »

December 13, 2011

• Africa: Hague Court - Gambian Must Finish the Job

  Being chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is one of today's most delicate and politically sensitive jobs. "The best job in the world," is how current chief... Read more »

• Senegal: Soldiers Killed in Restive Region

  Several soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack in the restive Casamance region of southern Senegal blamed on separatist rebels, military and political sources told AFP. Read more »

December 12, 2011

• Gambia: African Elected As New Hague Prosecutor

  International Criminal Court member states on Monday unanimously elected Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as the new chief prosecutor of the main global genocide and war crimes tribunal. Read more »

December 01, 2011

• Gambia: Gambia's Fatou Bensouda Poised to Head ICC

  Fatou Bensouda is now officially the only remaining candidate to succeed Louis Moreno-Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The 50-year-old... Read more »

November 30, 2011

• Gambia: Govt Condemns Ecowas Observers for Poll Boycott

  Gambia's foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned a decision by the west African regional bloc to boycott its presidential polls because it believed they would not be free and fair. Read more »

November 29, 2011

• Gambia: Press Freedom Body Criticises Country's President

  The Committee for the Protection of Journalists said Tuesday that it was "appalled" by veiled warnings made against the Gambian press by newly re-elected President Yahya Jammeh. Read more »

November 25, 2011

• Gambia: Jammeh Returned to Power in Flawed Election

  Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has been re-elected to serve a fourth term in office after winning a landslide 72 percent of votes in the tiny African state's polls, organisers said... Read more »

• Gambia: Jammeh Takes Strong Lead in Presidential Poll

  Gambian President Yahya Jammeh placed far ahead of his main presidential rival in election results coming in from around the tiny country on Friday as polling officials tallied... Read more »

November 24, 2011

• Gambia: Locals Cast Ballot With Marbles

  It would be any schoolboy's dream: hundreds of thousands of clinking glass marbles at the ready for a high-stakes contest. But this is no game, it is Gambia's presidential poll and... Read more »

• Gambia: Jammeh Confident of Re-Election

  Gambians voted Thursday in polls which some observers said were skewed in favour of long-time incumbent Yahya Jammeh, who heaped scorn on criticism that his regime is repressive. Read more »

• Gambia: Votes in Presidential Poll

  Gambians were voting on Thursday in polls tipped to hand incumbent Yahya Jammeh a fourth term at the helm of the tiny tropical state which he is accused of ruling through fear and... Read more »

• Gambia: Citizens to Vote in Polls Tipped to Return Jammeh

  Gambians vote Thursday in an election tipped to hand incumbent Yahya Jammeh a fourth term at the helm of the tiny tropical state which he has ruled with an iron fist and shroud of... Read more »

November 23, 2011

• Gambia: Country Wraps Up Poll Campaign With Mass Rallies

  Gambia's short election campaign wrapped up Tuesday with rival presidential candidates staging mass rallies in the tiny capital Banjul ahead of the poll tipped to hand incumbent... Read more »

November 16, 2011

• Gambia: Dutch Paedophile Fined

  A Dutch paedophile found guilty in The Gambia of raping two girls under the age of 18 in 2010 and 2011 is to face a fine but not be imprisoned reports AllAfrica on its website. Read more »

November 12, 2011

• Gambia: Presidential Campaign Begins

  Campaigning for Gambia's November 24 presidential polls kicked off Saturday, after opposition party leaders called for respect for the rule of law. Read more »

November 10, 2011

• Gambia: Jammeh to Face Two Opposition Candidates in Polls

  Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will face two opposition candidates in a November 24 presidential election he has already said he is sure to win, the poll body said Thursday. Read more »

October 06, 2011

• Gambia: Opposition Decries 11-Day Election Campaign Period

  Gambian opposition parties on Wednesday accused the election commission of compromising November presidential polls by refusing to lengthen a "grossly inadequate" 11-day election... Read more »