Authorities in The Gambia said they have intercepted more than 780 migrants at three different locations, all trying to reach ...

A swimming and water safety program in Gambia is helping women oyster harvesters gain lifesaving skills and greater ...

When it comes to giant rat infestations, New York gets all the attention. But a breed of giant Gambian rats have been rapidly reproducing in the Florida Keys despite a decade-long effort to wipe them ...

Thousands of Africans desperate for better opportunities in Europe risk their lives traveling on boats along the Atlantic ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

Four U.S. citizens were given relatively light sentences by a federal judge in Minnesota on Thursday for their roles in a bloody but failed coup in the tiny West African country of Gambia. The four ...

Gambian authorities have confirmed that seven bodies were recovered and 96 people rescued after a boat transporting migrants ...

When Sainabou Jaye Marong moved to Minnesota in 2011, her family was quickly able to plug into the local Gambian community. They found plenty of people to connect with. "People would hear about ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian police have charged three women over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation in a case that has sparked an outcry across the country, ...