Two Gambian newspapers received orders on Friday to immediately cease operations, according to local journalists, in what is apparently the second attempt within a month to censor Gambian media.

We have been focusing on politics in this column with the objective to document the contemporary history of the Gambia and to help our readers appraise themselves with the happenings of the past. We ...

The editor-in-chief of Gambia's bi-weekly Independent newspaper has been arrested by the west African country's secret service, according to the paper. Government agents came to the offices of the ...

File this under, sometimes it would be great to be a autocratic ruler just for the silly stuff. I mean, you can't make this up. In the Gambian newspaper/official mouthpiece the "Daily Observer" (motto ...

The Banjul-based bi-weekly 'Independent' newspaper raided and forcibly closed down by Gambian authorities last month, still remains closed. On April 25 when the management of the newspaper's offices ...

Gambia's government website and the site of a newspaper favorable to outgoing President Yahya Jammeh went offline over the weekend, hours after Jammeh announced that he rejected the results of the ...

Banjul — The Gambian Foreign Office has not confirmed or denied the alleged defection of an Ethiopian diplomat reportedly posted here. According to Goh an Ethiopian newspaper, an Ambassador Kahin in ...

DAKAR, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A Gambian newspaper editor pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to publishing false information and was released on bail. Pap Saine, managing director and editor of The Point ...

New York, New York, April 4, 2005 : PEN American Center today named Ali Al-Domaini, a leading Saudi literary figure who is one of three prominent intellectuals currently imprisoned for criticizing the ...