Gambia

Gambian police arrested 137 people and more than two dozen were injured as protests calling for President Adama Barrow to honour a pledge to step down after three years in office turned violent for the first time, the government said.…

A Gambian army officer has testified that he and two colleagues shot dead journalist Deyda Hydara in 2004 on orders from then-President Yahya Jammeh, providing the first direct account of the previously unexplained killing.Hydara, a…

THE Vice-President of The Gambia, Mrs Fatoumata Tambajang, has said that The Gambia would ‘collapse’ if Nigerian professionals in the country withdraw their services or leave the country.Tambajang made the remark at a dinner…

Gambians have been voting for members of their one-chamber parliament in the the first polls since Yahya Jammeh left power after more than 22 years, BBC has reported.Under Mr Jammeh, the National Assembly was frequently ignored as the…

THE President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President Adama Barrow of The Gambia and President Nana Akuffo-Addo of Ghana has called President Muhammadu Buhari to wish him well.A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the president…

THE Gambia's new president has scrapped the four-day week introduced by his predecessor Yahya Jammeh.In a statement Adama Barrow said that public sector employees would now have to work a half-day on Fridays too.Four years ago, Mr…

There are many lessons to learn from the happenings in The Gambia when ex-President Yahya Jammeh refused to surrender power after initially conceding defeat in the presidential election he lost to Adama Barrow.African leaders love power…

The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, on Saturday promised the citizens of his readiness to operate transparent and all-inclusive administration.Barrow said this while addressing newsmen in Dakar, Senegal.He said it was about time…

Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh will now leave Banjul on Saturday with President Alpha Conde of Guinea, to begin a new life in exile.This followed Friday’s final peace move by Conde and Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel…

The Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow's inuaguration as president will hold in Senegal at 4:00 p.m., just as President Yahya Jammeh refused to step down after serving his term as president.Barrow who won The Gambia's disputed…