A former member of a Gambian death squad suspected of shooting AFP's correspondent in the west African country in 2004 was charged with murder Wednesday, according to an AFP journalist who observed ...

Nigeria and The Gambia on Monday reaffirmed their bilateral relations and commitment to deeper cooperation across diplomacy, ...

The Gambia’s Supreme Court began hearing a case this week brought by religious traditionalists who are hoping to topple the ...

The Gambia has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with 73 percent of women and girls aged 15 to 49 having ...

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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Gambia will boost cooperation between the two countries. Gambia is the smallest country in West Africa in terms of area. Turkey was the first country ...

Lawmakers in Gambia referred an attempted repeal of the 2015 ban on female genital cutting for further committee discussions on Monday. Gambian activists fear a repeal would overturn years of work to ...

Gambia’s longtime leader, Yahya Jammeh, has left the country after stepping down as president following tense negotiations amid the prospect of West African military intervention. He has arrived in ...

Yahya Jammeh, longtime ruler of The Gambia, has lost the presidential election to the opposition leader, according to the electoral commission. Adama Barrow’s victory in the West African country may ...

The Gambia football team was forced to abandon its flight to Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) amid a loss of cabin pressure and oxygen on the plane. The team was travelling from ...

When he isn't claiming to have cured AIDS, Gambian president Yahya Jammeh has a history of making unbelievable homophobic comments. Here are some of his worst. 1) In a speech on Saturday Mr Jammeh ...