YAHYA JAMMEH

In the fight for democracy, coaxing despots into a cushy exile may sometimes be the most realistic option.

A Gambian court has sentenced a former spy chief and four others to death Wednesday after finding them guilty of the 2016 murder of a political activist

Gambia’s government is setting up a special prosecutor’s office to investigate for severe human rights violations and potentially charge former dictator Yahya Jammeh, who fled into exile in 2017 after 22 years in power.

A Gambian man has gone on trial in Germany for his alleged role in the killing of government critics in the West African country over 15 years ago.

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has secured his re-election with a comfortable margin over his opposition in a vote that set the bar for a new chapter in the small West African nation’s democracy.

Election officials in the West African nation of Gambia have started counting marble votes after polls closed for the first presidential election in decades that does not include former dictator Yahya Jammeh as a candidate.

Gambians are getting ready to vote in a historic election that won't have former dictator Yahya Jammeh on the ballot.

Toufah Jallow first became popular as Gambia’s scholarship winner in a contest for young women with academic promise

Toufah Jallow first became popular as Gambia’s scholarship winner in a contest for young women with academic promise.

Toufah Jallow’s name resonates deeply in Gambia as one of the few women who has taken a public stand against sexual assault in the small West African state. After Jammeh fell from power she later found the strength to go public with her story, despite Gambia's culture of silence over sexual assault, she told The Associated Press.