FILE - Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) BANJUL ...

The Gambia opened its first trial Thursday against a member of the country's notorious "Junglers" paramilitary unit, which acted as a death squad under the reign of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — A Gambian court on Thursday opened the trial of one of the leaders of former dictator Yahya Jammeh 's ...

Was Yahya Jammeh inspired by Guinea’s former leader, Moussa Dadis Camara – who seemed to walk into his country’s judicial jaws after exile, was convicted, then pardoned? It is not the first time The ...

The Gambia Reparations Commission has begun paying reparations to victims of human rights abuses committed under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, marking a major step in the country’s ...

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the West Africa sub-regional bloc ECOWAS approved the establishment of a “Special Tribunal for The Gambia” to prosecute crimes against humanity, ...

The face of former president Yahya Jammeh, which was printed on all bank notes in The Gambia, has been removed from new bills more than two years after his flight from the West African country. With ...

DENVER — A former member of the military in Gambia was convicted on Tuesday of charges that he tortured people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country's longtime ...

The Department is publicly designating former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, under the terms of Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs ...

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has halted the executions of prisoners on death row, at least for now. Jammeh issued a statement Saturday saying that he suspended the imminent ...