Nearly nine years after fleeing into exile in Equatorial Guinea, the former dictator says he’s returning home – a defiant ...

ERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere ...

BANJUL, Gambia – Gambia’s defeated leader Yahya Jammeh and his family headed into political exile Saturday night, ending a 22-year reign of fear and a post-election political standoff that threatened ...

Poll workers register voters during the presidential election in Banjul, Gambia, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon ACCRA (Reuters) - The head of Gambia's electoral commission has fled to ...

The Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting lauded the approval, calling it a major step forward in strengthening the ...

Senegalese troops have entered neighboring Gambia amid a growing crisis as the West African nation’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down. Jammeh, who took power in a 1994 military coup, ...

Gambia’s new President finally arrived in the West African country to govern on Thursday, after days of waiting in a neighboring nation while his predecessor belatedly and reluctantly stepped down ...

Gambia's defeated leader has left the country, but it appears that he plundered the state coffers on his way out. The Democratically elected president is set to return from exile. There was another ...

BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s defeated leader Yahya Jammeh and his family headed into political exile Saturday night, ending a 22-year reign of fear and a post-election political standoff that threatened ...