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latest news & developmentsGambia trial opens over children’s cough syrup deaths
The death of about 70 children in 2022 led to a national outcry
Gambian leader’s new term darkened by politics, economy
Adama Barrow was re-elected on the strength of his pitch as the candidate of continuity, but faces mounting pressure for action, both from home and abroad
Twenty feared dead as migrant boat capsizes
Twenty African migrants were feared dead after the boat in which they were trying to reach Spain capsized in bad weather off the coast of The Gambia at the weekend, Gambian state…
Amnesty seeks release of researchers in Gambia
Amnesty International said on Tuesday it was working with senior Gambian officials to secure the unconditional and immediate release of its two reseachers held without charge…
Gambia arrests US-based journalist
The Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency detained a United States-based journalist as she arrived home on holiday in connection with stories criticising the government,…
Migration tops agenda at AU ministers’ meeting
Efforts by Africans to seek a better life in Europe were brought to the fore on Wednesday as African foreign ministers started meeting ahead of a summit of heads of states. The…
Cash-strapped AU peacekeepers to quit Darfur
The poorly equipped African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur is set to quit the troubled western Sudanese region by end of September due to a lack of funds, the AU’s security…
President tightens media laws in The Gambia
The Gambia’s media is outraged by the promulgation of two new press laws it says were signed in secret by President Yahya Jammeh to muzzle freedom of expression as the country…
Gambian police chief arrested
The inspector general of Gambia’s police force was on Sunday in jail along with the West African state’s former top immigration official, police sources said. Police chief…
News blackout in Gambia after murder of journalist
Gambia’s lively independent media fell silent on Monday to open a weeklong news blackout to honour Deida Hydara, the dean of the press corps who was slain last week in what his…
Gambia to revoke controversial media law
Gambia has decided to revoke a controversial 2002 media law requiring journalists and the privately owned press to register with a state-run commission, a local radio station…