In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh shows his inked finger before voting in Banjul, ...

BANJUL, Gambia — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the ...

BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia will maintain its ban on female genital cutting following a historic decision by the National Assembly on Monday that marked a victory for women’s rights advocates in this West ...

Female genital mutilation is still widespread despite international efforts to end it. By Ruth Maclean Yesterday, lawmakers in Gambia voted to advance legislation that would legalize female genital ...

FILE - Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) BANJUL ...

Controversial Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal was finally deported to Gambia Thursday morning after being stuck in Nairobi for three days. Sheikh Al-Faisal boarded a Kenya Airways ...

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in ...

The Gambia football team was forced to abandon its flight to Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) amid a loss of cabin pressure and oxygen on the plane. The team was travelling from ...

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Video exclusively obtained by The Associated Press documents an emerging problem in the fight for dominance between Gambian fishermen and foreign-owned commercial vessels in West ...

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Video exclusively obtained by The Associated Press documents an emerging problem in the fight for dominance between Gambian fishermen and foreign-owned commercial vessels in West ...