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Why Gambians voted with marbles in first post-Jammeh election

The Gambia’s President Adama Barrow was this week declared winner of the election held on December 4. Barrow, a 56-year-old former security guard, faced five rivals including his former political...

Campaigns Begin Ahead of Gambia’s Presidential Elections

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has officially kicked off his election campaign for next month’s presidential elections in Gambia. According to the BBC, President Jammeh, who is seeking re-election...

These are the six African elections to watch out for in 2021

One year after the world was first introduced to a pandemic that continues to ravage lives and economies, African countries are still finding solid grounds on which to place their feet in anticipation...

Get to know the Black candidates who have made history in the 2020 U.S. Election

In some nations, there is a body or electoral commission that supervises elections, but that is not the situation in the United States. With each state having its own systems and laws for counting votes,...

Gambia was set to get first post-Jammeh constitution to check term limits – until MPs said no

When Adama Barrow became President of Gambia in 2016, ending Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year strongman rule, one of his key promises was to bring a new constitution to replace Jammeh’s. For the 22 years...

United States places sanctions on Zineb Jammeh, wife of ex-Gambian leader

Zineb Jammeh, a former First Lady of The Gambia, has been sanctioned by United States authorities for her part in helping her husband and former president Yahya Jammeh to illegally funnel money out of...

Five famous people you probably didn’t know are from The Gambia

On this day in 1965, The Gambia achieved independence as a constitutional monarchy within the commonwealth after decades of fighting for freedom. Located in West Africa, it is one of the smallest countries...

‘You’ll be arrested’ – Gambia warns ex-leader Jammeh over planned return

Gambia has said it will arrest its former leader Yahya Jammeh if he dares enter the country. Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou told BBC that he would like to prosecute Jammeh himself over his “brutal”...

Why has The Gambia dragged Myanmar to the International Court of Justice?

The West African state of Gambia under its president Adama Barrow has initiated a move which will likely project the country on the international stage. The Gambia has initiated proceedings against Myanmar...

Gambian soldiers confess to killing 44 Ghanaians and others on the orders of ex-president Jammeh [VIDEO]

A former officer in the Presidential Guard of the former Yahya Jammeh administration has testified that he was involved in the killing in 2005 of about 50 migrants on the orders of the former president....

‘He pushed me down to my knees, pulled my dress up and sodomised me’ – says ex-Gambian president’s accuser

A former beauty queen in The Gambia, Fatou Jallow, has accused ex Gambian president , Yahya Jammeh of rape. The 23-year-old said the incident happened five years ago while Jammeh was still in office and...

How Gambia’s exiled leader Yahya Jammeh lied about having cure for AIDS

In 2007, the world was stunned by a proclamation from the then Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh that he had a cure for AIDS. He paraded international media to his presidential compound in Banjul where there...

Gambian leader Adama Barrow replaces Veep with woman

Africa has welcomed another female vice president as Gambian President Adama Barrow, on Friday, replaced his deputy with a woman, Isatou Touray. Barrow sacked Vice President Ousainou Darboe in a major...

Gambia’s Jammeh pops up again in exile dancing with Eq. Guinea’s president [Video]

Exiled ex-Gambian President Yahya Jammeh was in high spirits when he was spotted dancing with the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to a Koffi Olomide performance at the Presidential...

U.S. bars exiled Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh and family from entering the country

Things are not looking too well for ex- Gambian president Yahya Jammeh after the United States banned him and his family from setting foot in the country ever. The U.S. Department of State, on December...

Gambia defies IMF warning and falls for $34 million French aid

Despite warning from the International Monetary Fund against borrowing money to ease the burden on debt stock, Gambia gleefully accepted 30 million euros ($34 million) of aid from France to “consolidate...

Gambians develop soft spot for dictator Yahya Jammeh whose mother just died in exile

Gambians showed love to former leader Yahya Jammeh whose mother died on Friday by his side in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea where he was forced into exile after the December 2016 presidential elections. Asombi...

Listen to Yahya Jammeh’s speech after he overthrew the Gambian government in 1994

When he was just 29 years old, former president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, led a bloodless revolution on this day in 1994. The coup ousted President Dawda Jawara who had been ruling since 1970. Jawara was...

Gambia’s capital makes history by voting first female mayor

Gambia’s capital city made history on Saturday for voting the first-ever female mayor. Rohey Malick Lowe made waves in the city when she announced her candidature for one of Africa’s smallest...

Ex-Gambian leader Jammeh’s luxury cars and planes on sale to clear country’s debt

As part of moves to reduce its escalating debts acquired during the over two-decade rule of the ousted leader, Yahya Jammeh’s, Gambia is selling several planes and a fleet of luxury cars purchased...