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Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

27 people arrested in a protest in Gambia over the sale of a former dictator’s assets

Police say protests in Gambia over the sale of a former dictator’s assets have led to the arrests of at least 27 demonstrators and two journalists, who were later released.
 
This courtroom sketch provided by Robyn Cochran-Ragland shows Michael Correa, second from left, with his lawyers during his trial in federal court in Denver, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Robyn Cochran-Ragland via AP)

Gambian ex-soldier convicted at US trial of torturing suspected backers of a failed 2006 coup

 
This courtroom sketch provided by Robyn Cochran-Ragland shows Demba Dem, second from left in the top row, testifying during the trial of Michael Correa, in glasses, seated to Dem’s right, in federal court in Denver, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Robyn Cochran-Ragland via AP)

Gambian torture victims testify in US against a member of former dictator’s military

 
Members of the IPAC (Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China) attend its Taipei Summit in Taipei, Taiwan, , July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Beijing ups diplomatic pressure on Africa as the US pulls back

 
This photo shows the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Colleen Slevin, file)

Ex-member of former Gambia dictator’s military unit is on trial in the US for torture

 

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Attempt to repeal ban on female genital mutilation in Gambia sent for further committee discussions

An attempt to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation in Gambia has been sent for further committee discussions by lawmakers. Activists fear passage of the bill will overturn years of work to better protect girls and women. Gambia’s former leader, Yahya Jammeh, banned the practice in 2015 in a surprise to activists and with no public explanation. Since the law took effect, enforcement has been weak, with only two cases prosecuted.

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A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his ‘own terms’ after losing faith

 
Police officers and private security personnel stand by the opening of a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South Africa, Friday, Nov.15, 2024. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Interpol cracks down on illegal mining in West Africa as police make 200 arrests

 
Omar Touray, president of the ECOWAS Commission, left, Gambia's President Adama Barrow, center and Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar pose for a photo, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Dec 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

West Africa regional bloc sets up court for crimes under dictatorship in Gambia

 
Moustapha Sabally displays a photo of his son who is a doctor in America on his mobile phone in the village of Kwinella, Gambia, on July 27, 2024. ( AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Money Gambians send home from Europe is a lifeline for their families but the sacrifices take a toll

 
Young migrants arrive in the port of La Restinga at El Hierro in the Canary Islands on Saturday, June 6 2024, after being rescued by the Spanish Sea Rescue. (Europa Press via AP, File)

Spain’s leader visits Gambia as part of a West Africa tour to tackle irregular migration

 
Metta, a survivor of female genital mutilation, poses for a photograph in the village of Sintet, in Gambia, Friday, July 26, 2024. When Metta, a mother of six from rural Gambia, heard that lawmakers were considering reversing the country's ban on female genital cutting, a centuries-old practice she underwent as a child and now fiercely opposes, she was determined that her voice be heard. She packed her bag and boarded a bus to the capital, Banjul, to join scores of women protesting in front of the parliament in this largely Muslim nation of less than 3 million people in West Africa. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Gambia may have upheld its ban on female cutting, but the fight goes on away from parliament

 
FILE - A Masai girl holds a protest sign during the anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) run in Kilgoris, Kenya, on April 21, 2007. Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday July 15, 2024 rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the world to reverse such a ban had been closely followed by activists abroad. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File)

Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first

 
Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, pickets outside parliament in Serrekunda, Gambia, Monday, March 18, 2024. The West African nation of Gambia could become the first country in the world to reverse a ban on female genital cutting, a practice that experts say is dangerous and has no benefits. Lawmakers are voting Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal the 2015 ban. (Hadim Thomas-Safe Hands for Girls via AP)

Gambia lawmakers refer a repeal of the ban on female genital cutting to more committee discussions

 
Senegal's players celebrate after their teammate Ismaila Sarr scored his side's opening goal during the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match between Senegal and Cameroon, at the Charles Konan Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Cameroon coach drops Man United goalkeeper Onana for crucial Africa Cup game against Gambia

 
Senegal's Lamine Camara, center, gestures as he scores his side's second goal past Gambia's goalkeeper Baboucarr Gaye, bottom left, during the African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match between Senegal and Gambia at the Charles Konan Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Senegal starts Africa Cup defense with comfortable 3-0 win over Gambia. Cameroon held 1-1 by Guinea

 
The Gambia national soccer team aboard a plane in Banjul, Gambia, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. A plane carrying Gambia's national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia's capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realized there were technical problems, Gambia's Football Federation said in a statement on Facebook. (Gambia Football Federation via AP)

Gambia’s soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen flying to tournament

 

Former Gambian interior minister on trial in Switzerland over alleged crimes against humanity

 
The Gambian defendant, identified only as Bai L. in line with German privacy rules, holds a folder in front of his face at the Celle Higher Regional Cour in Celle, Germany, Monday, April 25, 2022. The man went on trial in Germany on Monday for his alleged role in the killing of government critics in the West African country over 15 years ago. (Ronny Hartmann/Pool Photo via AP)

Gambian man convicted in Germany for role in killings under Gambia’s former ruler

 

Ivory Coast beats Gambia to remain unbeaten in Africa World Cup qualifying

 

5 European nations and Canada seek to join genocide case against Myanmar at top UN court