In a quiet corner of her family compound in The Gambia, Rohey M. Bah sits surrounded by the gentle clucking of chickens and the fresh scent of her vegetable garden. Her smile is warm, but her eyes ...

Responding to the news that Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has commuted the death sentences of 22 prisoners to life imprisonment, Marie-Evelyne Petrus Barry, Amnesty International West and Central ...

Bai L. is a 48-year-old Gambian citizen who is alleged to have been a member of the “Junglers” death squad, a paramilitary unit also known as the “Patrol Team” created by the former Gambian President ...

Photographs taken by David Ames of rural Wolof village life in Gambia in 1950. Activities illustrated include celebrating a wedding, planting crops, tending livestock, and weaving. There are images of ...

BAKAU, Gambia -- Sharp sounds of clanking machetes cut the air as a warning that the Kankurang is coming. Fearful children nearby run inside their homes as the scary figure approaches, grunting.

Heading east inland from the palm-backed coast, the Gambia River meanders through a largely agrarian society. Farmers here grow peanuts for both export and local consumption. Amid the mangrove swamps, ...