Gambia Justice Minister Promises New Post-Jammeh Constitution
The Gambia's justice minister has promised a new constitution to be voted on by referendum as the tiny west African ...
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Gambian Army ‘hostile Elements’ Working Against Government
The head of a West African force maintaining security in The Gambia told AFP Friday that army officials loyal to ...
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 ...
Gambia Coalition Near Collapse Over Legislative Election
Gambian coalition parties that united last year to deliver the first new president in 22 years are unlikely to run ...
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 ...
Gambia’s Barrow ‘allows Coup Plotters Back Into Army’
Gambian President Adama Barrow has allowed six soldiers convicted of plotting a coup against former leader Yahya Jammeh back into ...
Gambia Scraps Age Limit For Presidential Candidates
The Gambian parliament on Tuesday scrapped the constitutional age limit on presidential election candidates after new President Adama Barrow faced ...
After Jammeh, Gambians Seek Justice For the Disappeared
When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea. ...
Ghana To Maintain 50 Troops In Gambia
Fifty Ghanaian troops will continue to be stationed at The Gambia as a stabilisation force, says President Nana Addo Dankwa ...
Jammeh Loyalists Decry Police Arrests, Plan Protests To Demand Release
Dozens of opposition supporters in the Gambia have been arrested by police in the western town of Kafenda – a ...
President Barrow Sworn In At Packed Stadium
The Gambia has formally sworn in its new elected President, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands including ...
Akufo-Addo Assures It Contains Measures That’ll Fix the Economy
The Ghana 2017 Budget will be unveiled on the 2nd of March. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians ...
Happy To Be Part of The Gambia Success
Former President John Mahama has said the official swearing in ceremony of The Gambia President, Adama Barrow held on Saturday ...