Gambian authorities say they’ve thwarted a coup attempt directed at the president and taken members of the military behind the plot into custody. “Based on intelligence reports, some soldiers of the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Adama Barrow,” said Gambian spokesman Ebrima G….
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Officials in the United States say they’ve completed the forfeiture process on an estimated US$3.5 million in property held by former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, and now will move forward in returning the value of those assets to the Gambian nation. The final judgment on property Jammeh owned in suburban…
Final results from Gambia’s presidential election were reported late Sunday, with incumbent Adama Barrow winning by a significant margin. “I am thankful for a historic victory for me and our great National People’s Party. Gambians have spoken and decided to deliver us a clear-cut, compelling victory,” said Barrow. He appealed…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey arrived in Banjul on Monday, as part of a three-nation tour that follows a stop in Algeria and will continue in Senegal. This is Erdoğan’s first official visit to the West African nation, which comes amid The Gambia’s recent struggle over President Adama Barrow’s…
New currency went into circulation on Tuesday in the West African nation of The Gambia, where life after former dictator Yahya Jammeh will now mean banknotes without his portrait on them. President Adama Barrow showed off the new dalasi notes alongside the head of the Central Bank of The Gambia,…
The Gambia was never the only nation where fraudulent claims to cure HIV infection were promoted, but the actions of former president Yahya Jammeh made it one of the most egregious examples. The harms caused by Jammeh’s herbal-based Presidential Alternative Treatment Program (PATP), launched in 2007, are now the focus…
President Adama Barrow of The Gambia welcomed on Monday the start of hearings by the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), formed to explore human rights violations that occurred during the 22-year rule of former dictator Yahya Jammeh. “As a key pillar of the transitional justice program of the…
The United States has banned former president Yahya Jammeh and members of his family from entering the country, announcing on Monday a decision tied to “involvement in significant corruption.” The law enabling the decision is applicable when, the department said, the Secretary of State has credible information of such corruption…
Monday was the saddest day of his presidency, said Adama Barrow of The Gambia, after three people were killed by security forces while protesting the environmental impacts of a sand mining company near the village of Faraba Banta. The incident, which has led to the resignation of the country’s police…
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President Adama Barrow of The Gambia is in Brussels Tuesday for a donor conference to help support the country’s democratic transition from the decades of rule under former dictator Yahya Jammeh. The conference, jointly organized by The Gambia and the European Union, will see Barrow co-chair the meeting alongside High…
Environmental activists in The Gambia say they’re winning their battle to protect a coastal wildlife preserve that is home to the endangered Temminck’s red colobus monkey and other species. Green Up Gambia says the plans promoted by President Adama Barrow and his government to build a luxury hotel, mall and…
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the decision-making Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday. The ICAN was chosen from a field of 318 nominations, the second-highest number of individuals and organizations under consideration ever. Reportedly among them was the Economic Community…
Adama Barrow, the president of The Gambia whose victory finally removed strongman Yahya Jammeh from office after 22 years, has successfully completed a hajj pilgrim to Saudi Arabia. Barrow returned to Banjul on Wednesday after a journey with his wives, Fatoumata Barrow and Sarjo Barrow, as well as a delegation…
Gambian police have arrested three family members of ousted former President Yahya Jammeh, according to a report filed late Wednesday by APA News. The news agency, based in Senegal, said Gambian police spokesman Foday Conta confirmed that the Jammeh family members were arrested in Kanilai on Wednesday but did not…
Tanji is a traditional fishing village on the Atlantic coast of The Gambia, a place of sunsets and seagulls and tourists who visit to watch the colorful boats and market. It is also near the site where, last week, Gambian authorities found the body of Solo Sandeng buried in an…
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