The West African state of The Gambia celebrated 51 years of independence from Great Britain on February 18, 2016, more than half a century after becoming Africa's 37th sovereign state and the last of ...

(Dakar) – Gambia should free an ailing journalist who has been arbitrarily detained since July 2015 and drop all charges against him, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the Committee to ...

(Dakar) – The suspicious death in custody of opposition political leader Solo Sandeng and the arrest of his party leader, Ousainu Darboe, and other party members in recent days underscore the ...

Gambia's opposition coalition is calling on current President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately after his election defeat to opposition candidate Adama Barrow. Jammeh, who has ruled Gambia since ...

TAIWAN and China, which claims the independent island-nation as part of the motherland, used to play a joyless slogging game called “dollar diplomacy”. In it each side competed with lorry-loads of ...

The Gambia has refused to accept nearly 2,000 people the U.S. is trying to deport, forcing the Obama administration to pull the trigger and refuse to grant visas to some Gambians hoping to visit the U ...

In a shocking upset, election officials say an opposition candidate has defeated Gambia's longtime leader in the country's presidential vote. This sets the stage for what could be the small West ...

There’s been another upset at the polls. In terms of size and population, The Gambia doesn't come close to the United States. But like in the States, few thought there was any chance of an upset in ...

Last month witnessed an unprecedented uprising in the tiny West African nation of The Gambia. The protests haven't garnered much attention in the international media, thanks in part to repressive ...

This Selected Issues paper assesses The Gambia’s external competitiveness by reviewing developments in several indicators, ranging from exchange rate-based indices to survey-based assessments of the ...