The Latest Breaking News from Yahya Jammeh

In tonight's edition: Vigils continue for the dozens missing in a ferry accident off the coast of Gabon's capital. Also, delegates for the UN Security Council meet some of the thousands displaced by ongoing clashes in eastern DR Congo. Finally, a new exhibition is set up in Senegal to bear…

Joof was the fourth deputy to serve under President Barrow since his 2016 win against former strongman Yahya Jammeh.

The Gambian government is prosecuting several lower ranking members of the Gambian military for the crime.

Gambia charged eight soldiers with treason and conspiracy on Friday for their role in a foiled coup last month, the government said in a statement.

Gambia Coup

West Africa has seen coups and military takeovers in three countries in 2022. Like those of the past, they came with promises of a quick return to civilian regimes once socio-economic and political challenges had been met. The challenges are usually listed as inept governance, corruption, rising insecurity and popular…

Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - The Gambia's government on Wednesday said it had thwarted a coup attempt the previous day and arrested four soldiers.

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Political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng died after torture and beating in detention for leading a peaceful march.

A Gambian court has sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.

Gambia's former spy chief and four other ex-intelligence officials have been sentenced to death for the 2016 murder of an opponent of ex-president Yahya Jammeh, a rare instance of criminal accountability for Jammeh-era crimes