Gambia

UN court to rule next week in Rohingya genocide case

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations' top court announced Wednesday that it will issue a decision next week on a request to order Myanmar to ha...
15:16 15 January 2022

In Gambia, heartache and few answers after migrant deaths

BARRA, Gambia — Tina Gomez told no one in her family when she boarded a boat with more than 200 people here in Gambia last month, setting off in hopes...
10:06 28 December 2022

As 58 migrants drown off Africa, a call to stop smugglers

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — The drowning of 58 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania sent despair through tiny Gambia on Thursday while some dema...
17:39 5 December 2021

UN says 58 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania

DAKAR, Senegal — At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Ma...
0:00 5 December 2021

Gambia takes Myanmar to top UN court over Rohingya campaign

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Gambia filed a case Monday at the United Nations' highest court accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against the Rohi...
10:18 11 November 2021