Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh

After President Yahya Jammeh’s victory in November’s presidential poll surprised nobody the parliamentary elections of 29 March were similarly predictable...

Could President Yahya Jammeh who has run one of the region’s most corrupt and brutal regimes since 1994 be planning to reopen diplomatic relations with Iran...

The announcement by United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on 9 February that Gambia’s putschist President Yahya Jammeh had requested UN assistance in the case of ‘Chief’ Ebrima Manneh was greeted with general scepticism...

He challenged President Blaise Compaoré to a press-up contest in Burkina Faso and took penalty kicks in Gambia against President Yahya Jammeh and his cabinet...

Lucia Nicaragua and Guatemala he flew to Gambia for President Yahya Jammeh’s 19 January inauguration...

Putschist President Yahya Jammeh appointed her Attorney General and Justice Minister in 1998...

(Kamara is Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s brother-in-law...

Putschist President Yahya Jammeh will win re-election for the third time on 24 November at the head of his Alliance for Patriotic Reconciliation and Construction (APRC)...

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh who has run a corrupt and brutal regime for the past 16 years had been a useful if minor ally for Tehran in West Africa...

The enforced celebration of 'Freedom Day' on 22 July the 16th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's coup prompted protests by exiles and human rights groups who say the regime is increasingly repressive and that Banjul has become a regional centre for organised crime...