Coup attempts are not uncommon in the Gambia, a tiny West African country of 2.5 million almost entirely surrounded by Senegal, which is still reeling from over two decades under former president ...

BANJUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Gambia's high court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 12 years in prison for leading a foiled coup last year against President Adama Barrow's administration.

Nairobi — The African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have condemned an alleged coup attempt in Gambia. The Gambian government says it arrested four troops planning to ...

DENVER (AP) — A man accused of torturing people suspected in a planned coup against Gambia’s longtime leader was a low-ranking private in the West African country’s military who risked ...

Michael Sang Correa, a man accused of torturing people suspected in a planned coup against Gambia’s longtime leader, was a low-ranking private in the West African country’s military who risked ...

Gambia charged eight soldiers with treason and conspiracy on Friday for their role in a foiled coup last month, the government said in a statement. The government said on Dec. 21 that a group of ...

DENVER — Suspected of backing a coup plot against the longtime dictator of Gambia nearly 20 years ago, Pharing Sanyang described Thursday how he was beaten with pipes and palm tree branches ...

The Gambia has released a former minister detained last week as the government announced it had foiled a coup attempt, his lawyer said Friday. We've detected you are on Internet Explorer.

In Brooklyn Park, Papa Faal waits until daybreak for presidential election returns from Gambia. The fate of the West African strongman Faal tried to dislodge in an armed coup is on the line, and ...

BANJUL, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Gambian authorities have foiled a military coup attempt and arrested four soldiers plotting to overthrow President Adama Barrow's administration, the government said on ...