This stunning African seaside town actually sits on an island where a major river meets the Atlantic Ocean, and is one of the ...

From Serekunda to Brighton, Yankuba Minteh describes his journey to the top, driven by a promise to improve his family's ...

Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh ... year-old boy were arrested by the National Intelligence Agency and Presidential Guards in Banjul, the capital city, under investigation for crimes of homosexuality ...

More than a dozen staff in the camouflage uniforms of Syria's Air Force Intelligence - a main instrument of political ...

Hoteliers field a surge in bookings while Romans, religious pilgrims and migrants reflect on the death of “a good man”.

As opposition forces advanced on Damascus, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad covertly evacuated cash, valuables, sensitive ...

Born in The Gambia, Jackson moved to Senegal aged 12, relocating to Ziguinchor, a village some 273 miles (440km) and a nine-hour car journey from the capital Dakar ... forward Antoine Semenyo from ...

A former member of Gambia's military was convicted in federal court Tuesday of torturing five people accused of involvement ...

Assad’s rule, a covert operation saw him flee to the UAE aboard a private jet, accompanied by his closest aides, family, and millions in assets. Orchestrated by his top adviser, Yasar Ibrahim, the ...

In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a vast landfill choked with smoke from ... The landfill, a symbol of the city's struggle with waste management, has become a grim backdrop to a growing public ...