Category - gambia

Amnesty calls for an end to Gambia's witch hunt campaign

agency reporter — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:51:48 +0000

Amnesty International says 1,000 people in Gambia have been kidnapped from their villages by 'witch doctors', taken to secret detention centres and forced to drink hallucinogenic concoctions.

British missionary couple seek clemency in Gambia

staff writers — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:05:34 +0000

A British missionary couple sentenced to one year's hard labour for writing emails which were interpreted as criticising the Gambian government are hoping for a pardon after a public apology.

Sponsor a child in the Gambia - child sponsorship

staff writers — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:38:48 +0000

The Gambia is a very narrow, very densely populated strip of land almost totally surrounded by Senegal. Aside from a flaring of tensions with neighbouring Senegal over a military coup that overthrew the president in 1994, it is fortunate to have experienced long periods of peace. Sponsor a child in the Gambia here