Almost five years ago, in December 2016, The Gambia brought authoritarian President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year reign to an end through a democratic election. Since then, despite facing numerous ...

I never visited The Gambia under its former ruler, Yahya Jammeh. I tried to get in through the Senegal-Gambia land border when there was a coup attempt against him. I was questioned for two hours ...

Gambia customs Reading up customs of The Gambia, an Islamic country, will be required to ensure your actions do not offend their cultures or religious beliefs. Getting to Gambia The only way to access ...

Weeks after returning to The Gambia, Sallah said he met with some members of YAIM who signed up in the detention center. “We met almost every week after arriving in Gambia,” he explained.

The Gambia's entire armed forces is made up of only about 2,500 troops, making it difficult to see how they can defeat a regional force if it moves in, says BBC Africa Monitoring security ...

It was the first time Hassan Jallow crossed the Gambia River. The young man had never traversed the winding waterway that geographically divides The Gambia in two, nor had he ever encountered the ...

Students spend two weeks in The Gambia, a small country in western Africa. While there, they visit organizations such as the National Nutrition Agency, the World Health Organization, the largest ...

Gambia's President, Yahya Jammeh, declared his West African country an Islamic republic, at a political rally, external, on 11 December - making it Africa's second, after Mauritania. The president ...

You can follow the duo's journey on their expedition blog, River Gambia Expedition 2012—1,000km Source to Sea African Odyssey, and on the River Gambia Expedition 2012 Facebook page.

The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, but the legacy of more than two decades of authoritarian rule has left its new democratically elected government with big challenges. The ...

The Gambia is Britain’s oldest and smallest colonial possession in Africa, and may prove to be its last. Queen Victoria called it “that dear, loyal, little place,” but independence is ...