He settled in Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s second-largest city, where he shared a one-room shack with four friends, and found ...

Announcement - In Jarra Madina, a small farming community in The Gambia's Lower River Region, life once revolved around a daily struggle for water. Women and girls would set out at dawn, walking up to ...

As the Gambia gears up for the 2026 presidential polls, there is growing call among opposition party leaders for a formidable grand coalition against the incumbent president, Adama Barrow.

In The Gambia, football is helping drive climate action. Goals for Trees is an initiative launched by the Ballers for Life ...

An aggressive proliferation of water hyacinth in southern Ghana's Volta Lake is crippling fishing activities, depleting fish ...

The man who would come to be called Harry Washington was born near the Gambia River, in West Africa, around 1740. As a young man, he was sold into slavery and endured the horrors of the Middle Passage ...

The general trend observed this Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in the Gambia River basin indicates a gradual decline in water levels at the majority of monitoring stations. The latest data collected at 8 a ...

Marios Contopoulos, an MSc Business Analytics student at Esade Business School, tests water salinity near the University of The Gambia. With each step, the Esade business student and a Gambian bird ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the location of Sambou's. The restaurant is in Jackson. Sally Demba, 56, brought her family to the United States in 2007 from West Africa. For ...

In this episode of General Knowledge I talk about the odd borders of the smallest country in continental Africa: The Gambia. Learning how it was first explored by Europeans with the arrival of the ...

Benidorm enjoys mild temperatures in February, with plenty of sunshine and minimal rain— perfect for a winter sun getaway before the busy summer rush. The lively resort on Spain’s Mediterranean coast ...