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Ousman Sonko was interior minister from 2006 to 2016.

ECOWAS’s 15 member states also gave preliminary approval to Morocco’s bid to join the bloc.

The affected officials served under former dictator Yahya Jammeh.

Five additional seats will be appointed by Mr. Barrow, who took power on January 19.

Solo Sandeng died last year in government custody, and his body was not recovered.

President Barrow in February replaced the head of the military, and dismissed several senior military officers.

The former minister is accused ordered the detention and torture of government critics.

“He is leaving (Senegal) tomorrow and will arrive in Banjul at around 4 p.m."

The VP-CBT Falcon Jet had been with Alpha Conde, the Guinean president, who is a close friend of the APC ...

“The coffers are virtually empty,” a presidential adviser said.

He left just after 10.00p.m. for Conakry, along with President Alpha Conde.

Gambian soldiers refused to fight their ECOWAS counterparts on Thursday.

The recognition of Mr. Barrow as the president of The Gambia marked the end of Mr. Jammeh's 22-year reign.

The stories range from the unfortunate killing of civilians in Borno to Jammeh's defiance in Gambia.

The Gambia's minister of higher education, Aboubacar Senghore, also resigned on Wednesday.

Yahya Jammeh insists he will not quit as Gambia's President.

Two ministers have now resigned in the past week as Mr. Jammeh insists on holding on to power.

Mr. Barrow reportedly arrived in Dakar shortly after midnight on Sunday.

Gambian lawyers claim Nigerian judges are plotting to give a ruling in favour of Mr. Jammeh.

Mr. Jammeh has vowed to stay on in office.

Over the weekend Gambian security agents closed three private radio stations.

The party leader also said there was no Supreme Court in the Gambia to hear Yahya Jammeh's petition

The former Nigerian President says Gambia can be West Africa’s Switzerland

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say the new law threatens the LGBTI Community in the small West African country

An anti-slavery campaign group says in a new report that Nigeria has the highest number of people living in what ...