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.

The remaining 2021 Africa Cup of Nations group gets up and running in Cameroon on Wednesday, as one of two tournament debutants makes its bow. Gambia make their Africa Cup of Nations debut on ...

BANJUL – Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has secured his re-election with a comfortable margin over his opposition in a vote that set the bar for a new chapter in the small West African nation’s ...

Gambian Health Minister Ahmadou Lamin Samateh warned on Wednesday that polio is circulating in the tiny West African nation, pledging "massive" vaccination campaigns to stamp out the virus. In a ...

The European Union has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to The Gambia to observe the Presidential Election set for 04 December 2021. Today the EU Election Observation Mission has ...

Polls opened in Gambia on Saturday with voters using a unique voting system, marbles dropped in each candidate’s ballot drum, in a tightly fought presidential election that will test stability and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This health policy is in line with the Gambia National Development Plan (2018 – 2021) to achieve the SDG health related goals of a three-quarter decline in maternal mortality and a two-third decline ...

Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago, oppressive laws curtailing human rights including the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly ...