Yahya Jammeh

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

 
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

 
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

 

Latest Videos

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.

More News

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

 
Young people gather to register to volunteer to fight for the country as part of a volunteer initiative, in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Thousands turned up as a delegation from regional nations were expected to arrive in Niger in a last-ditch diplomacy effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country's president last month. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Leader of Niger’s junta says it will restore civilian rule within 3 years, but gives no details

 
FILE - A woman welcomes ECOWAS Senegalese troops as they take position near the state house in the Gambian capital Banjul Jan. 22, 2017. West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS has threatened the use of force in reinstating the president of Niger after he was deposed by his military but how the bloc would carry out the threat remains unclear, with a military deployment on the table. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

What would West African bloc’s threat to use force to restore democracy in Niger look like?