The U.N. refugee agency says at least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal as the West African countries prepare for possible military action to unseat Gambia's leader of 22 ... Read more »
President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency, just two days before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last month. Prolonged political ... Read more »
The country's online newspaper, Freedom, has reported that the commander of President Yahya Jammeh's Republican Guards, General Saul Badjie, has distributed hundreds of ... Read more »
President Yayah Jammeh has lost a close ally as his foreign minister, Neneh MacDouall-Gaye, has resigned. This comes after the country's Supreme Court refused to hear his ... Read more »
Outgoing president Yahya Jammeh has appeared on live television in The Gambia asking Ecowas Chairperson and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the sub-regional body to ... Read more »
Senegal will host Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow until his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, the state-owned Senegalese news agency APS reported Sunday. Last week, Barrow ... Read more »
Adama Barrow has said that this will ensure that no president serves beyond a constitutionally mandated two terms. Read more »
The political party has reportedly filed an injunction to stop the swearing-in of president-elect, Adama Barrow. Yahya Jammeh has refused to step down after losing the election to ... Read more »
The leaders of Nigiera, Liberia and Sierra Leone travel to Banjul Friday to persuade outgoing President Jahya Jammeh to step down and make way for the inauguration of ... Read more »
The House of Representatives will debate a motion on granting asylum to Gambia's Yahya Jammeh in Nigeria as part of efforts to broker peace and ensure smooth transition in that ... Read more »
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