DAKAR, Senegal - Heavy gunfire rang out Tuesday near the presidential palace in the tiny West African nation of Gambia, residents said, as the government denied a coup attempt was under way with the ...

Years of coordinated effort involving the government and CSOs such as the Gambia Press Union bears fruit as The Gambia passes Access to Information law. This statement was originally published on ...

Gambia’s national army, National Intelligence Agency and police force have been used as tools of repression for the government, Amnesty International said as it launched its new report, entitled ...

Sonko, whose trial opened Monday at a federal criminal court in the Swiss town of Bellinzona, is accused of taking part in “numerous acts of torture, kidnapping, sexual violence and killings” ...

The Gambia government embraced the Asset Recycling (AR) scheme of Africa50, an infrastructural investment platform established by 33 African governments, the Africa Development Bank, the Central Bank ...

As multiparty democracies come under increasing pressure around the world, West Africa has emerged as a bright spot. In recent years, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have successfully used ...

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