President Adama Barrow has declared that 719 communities across The Gambia now enjoy access to affordable electricity, a milestone he described as proof of the nation's steady march towards universal ...

Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly ...

Margins ID Group, Africa’s leading provider of secure national and digital identification solutions, has secured a historic international contract to design, build, finance, co-operate and transfer a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Gambia’s landmark case, accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, began in the ...

Tiny The Gambia was the first to take another country to the ICJ as a third-party rights defender. Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer ...

A hearing at the International Court of Justice has begun into an alleged genocide against the Rohingya people in Myanmar. The case is being brought by The Gambia and focuses on a crackdown in 2017.

Case brought by Muslim leaders and MP follows failed 2024 bid and seen as part of global anti-women’s rights backlash A group of religious leaders and an MP in the Gambia have launched efforts to ...

On January 8, the death toll from the migrant boat that sank off the coast of Gambia rose to 39. Survivors described the Europe-bound vessel as severely overcrowded before it capsized. A total of 112 ...

BANJUL, Gambia — Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 200 migrants on their way to Europe capsized off the coast of Gambia, the West African nation’s leader said late Friday, setting off ...

Seven bodies were recovered and 96 people ‍rescued after a boat potentially carrying more than 200 migrants capsized overnight in northwest Gambia, the ‌country’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday ...