The Gambia has warned its ousted leader Yahya Jammeh not to try to return home from his exile in Equatorial Guinea. Mr Jammeh's safety couldn't be guaranteed if he did return without permission ...

Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be arrested if he attempts to return to the country, a minister has told the BBC. Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou said he would like to prosecute Mr ...

A Swiss federal court on Wednesday sentenced Gambian ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh.

BANJUL - Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh reshuffled three major posts in his government, state television reported, a week after a failed coup attempt in the West Africa nation. No reason was ...

Banjul: When Gambian intelligence officers arrested ... disappeared without trace during the 22-year rule of president Yahya Jammeh, which ended last month when he fled the country.

Bai Lowe, who is charged with carrying out politically motivated murders as part of a Gambian death squad, is the first person accused of human rights violations during the reign of the country’s ...

From torture, forced disappearance and exile and even murder, many would agree that this was the status-quo under Jammeh’s regime, especially those he perceived to be his opponents.

Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over ...

has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker. It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president. He said it was not required in Islam.

Ousman Sonko fled there in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, accused of heading a repressive regime, lost power. Mr Sonko, 54, was arrested after non-governmental organisations ...