By Bryony Jones and Ben Westcott, CNN Updated 1724 GMT (0124 HKT) January 19, 2017 (CNN)Adama Barrow was sworn in Thursday as Gambia's new President at the West African nation's embassy in neighboring Senegal while incumbent Yahya Jammeh has refused to step down from office. Foreign diplomats...

The Gambia's ministers for finance, foreign affairs, trade and the environment have resigned from President Yahya Jammeh's government, according to ministry sources and state television. The resignations were announced on Tuesday less than a day after the country's Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenl...

West African leaders tell former president to leave or be ousted as regional troops enter country to support successor West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh until midday on Friday to cede power after regional troops crossed the border in support of his democratically elected successor. ...

19 January 2017 – Urging all Gambian parties to respect the outcome of the 1 December election recognizing Adama Barrow as the country’s President-elect, the United Nations Security Council today expressed its support for the commitment of West African States to “ensure, by political means first, re...

Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow met Saturday in Mali with world leaders trying to arrange a peaceful outcome of the West African country's leadership crisis. Barrow was officially declared the winner of last month's election by a slim margin. Yahya Jammeh, who has been power in Gambia since ...

Dibie Ike Michael with AFP GAMBIA Prolonged political uncertainty and fear of unrest have pushed thousands of Gambians across the border into neighbouring Senegal and farther to Guinea-Bissau. The national coordinator for Guinea-Bissau’s refugee commission, Tibna Sambe Na Wana said more th...

Yahya Jammeh is attempting to cling to power after refusing to accept election that saw him lose to Adama Barrow, who is due to be inaugurated on Thursday The president of The Gambia has declared a state of emergency in the west African country two days before he is due to leave office. The de...

A Guiné-Bissau está a receber cidadãos da Gâmbia que fogem da tensa situação política naquele país da África Ocidental. Cerca de cinco centenas de gambianos chegaram a Bissau e outras cidades guineenses na última semana com medo de um novo conflito no país. Fatú Camará, uma das refugiadas gambiana...

A worker at The Gambia's main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are "afraid of war". "People are in chaos, people are leaving" as they don't know what is going to happen, he said. Adama Barrow won the election and an inauguration is planned ...

Dictator Yahya Jammeh lost elections but may not concede presidency on Thursday Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 17:03 Updated: Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 17:23 Business is booming at Bundung bus station. Men, women and children pile into a battered minibus, while suitcases, flour sacks and a bicycle are hurriedly ...