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Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) – Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow vowed Thursday to set up a South Africa-style truth commission as he claimed the army’s support after his surprise election in the west African nation. Barrow, whose shock victory this month...

Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s deputy senate president, has warned against military action in The Gambia following the West African’s country’s election and subsequent annulment by President Yahya Jammeh, the dictator who has been in office for 22 years,...

The African Union is calling on Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to accept the results of the presidential election earlier this month as he said he would. AU Commission Chairperson Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma said, "The chairperson of the commission strongly...

The Gambia says it will pull of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after accusing the tribunal of persecuting and humiliating Africans. The small West African nation joins South Africa and Burundi in withdrawing from the court. The ICC was set up...

BANJUL, Gambia — Residents of Gambia awoke Saturday to a surreal joy and hope for a freer future after they finally shook off a long era of oppression by voting President Yahya Jammeh out of office. For 22 years, Gambians have lived under the threat...