Cameroon sets date for twice-delayed legislative and local elections
President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest leader, sets February 7 for Cameroon’s delayed legislative and local polls.
The Gambia
![Security escourt Sanna Manjang (C), a former member of a Gambian death squad suspected of shooting AFP's correspondent Deyda Hydara in 2004, as he arrives at court ahead of his hearing at the High Court in Banjul on January 15, 2025. [Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260115__92TM27Q__v1__HighRes__GambiaMediaCrimeTrial-1-1790017763.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Gambia's President Adama Barrow, poses for a photo, prior to the start of the ECOWAS meeting, in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Dec 15, 2024. [Olamikan Gbemiga/AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ap_6aa0b22b00927-1788916267.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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How Gambian women are restoring the mangroves protecting Banjul
Trees provide a living for the women, who plant and care for them, and shield the island capital from erosion, flooding.
![Fatou has planted and restored thousands of mangroves across the Tanbi Wetland, helping to revive an ecosystem that protects coastal communities and supports livelihoods [Name/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_9613-1785855630.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
More than 140 dead, missing on refugee boat stranded off Mauritania
Boat carrying migrants and refugees from Africa ran out of fuel, leading to a tragedy with 143 dead and 38 rescued.
Gambian mothers fear for their daughters as court weighs FGM ban
As The Gambia’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on the FGM ban, mothers fear the law could be weakened.
‘We can’t go out’: Migrants hide as Mauritania presses deportation campaign
Following an EU deal, Mauritanian authorities have rounded up and deported thousands of people to Mali and Senegal.
![Mohamed, who doesn't want to be fully identified, says he was arrested and paid a bribe despite being processed as an asylum seeker [Shola Lawal/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/P1040322-1776725505-1-1777401147.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
In Ghana Town, a ‘stateless’ future for hundreds born and raised in Gambia
In a small Gambian village founded decades ago by Ghanaian fishermen, their descendants languish without ID documents.
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Gambia police fire tear gas at rally over rearrest of siblings
Police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters in the Gambia who were demanding the release of two siblings.
Published On 2 Apr 2026
‘Exile is not impunity’: Gambian victims of Yahya Jammeh seek real justice
Those who suffered abuses under Jammeh say the ex-leader now comfortably in exile must be held accountable for crimes.
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Why The Gambia wants Myanmar punished for Rohingya genocide
Tiny The Gambia was the first to take another country to the ICJ as a third-party rights defender.
![Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer Arsalan Suleman, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark case brought by The Gambia, which accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya, a minority Muslim group, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 12, 2026 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-12T094241Z_1499227565_RC2LZIAI6JY3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-WORLD-COURT-1768496092.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Myanmar Rohingya genocide case begins at International Court
The UN’s top court is hearing a genocide case against Myanmar, accused of mass killings of Rohingya Muslims.
Published On 12 Jan 2026
At least seven dead, dozens missing as migrant boat capsizes off The Gambia
Gambian authorities say 96 people rescued after boat capsizes along popular West African migration route.
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