Gambian President Yahya Jammeh campaigns outside the capital greeting crowds of colourful supporters a week ahead of elections

Gambian opposition supporters mass on the streets near the capital calling for change ahead of presidential elections next week

The International Criminal Court opens its annual meeting under the cloud of a wave of unprecedented defections

Gambians in the capital voice their hopes for the upcoming presidential election

Crowds of supporters celebrate ahead of the arrival of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh as he campaigns a week ahead of elections

No deal was reached in The Gambia Tuesday despite efforts by a heavyweight delegation including four West African heads of state

Gambia's leader of some 22 years Yahya Jammeh announced late Friday he would no longer accept defeat in recent elections, plunging the West African country into turmoil with a demand for fresh polls

Opposition candidate Adama Barrow hails a new Gambia in an interview with AFP after pulling off a stunning victory in the Gambian presidential election

Thousands of desperate young Gambians have taken the perilous back way travelling overland to Libya and across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy

Thousands of desperate young Gambians have taken the perilous back way travelling overland to Libya and across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy

The International Criminal Court (ICC) holds its Consultative Assembly in Dakar following several African countries recently pulling out of the Court

Thousands of desperate young Gambians have taken the perilous back way travelling overland to Libya and across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy

Gambian opposition leader Adama Barrow campaigns outside the capital Banjul saying the groundswell of support is unprecedented and now is the time to free the West African country from the 22 year rule of President Yahya Jammeh

Gambia heads to the polls on Thursday with the opposition buoyed by an unprecedented groundswell of support hoping to put an end to the iron fisted rule of President Yahya Jammeh

Gambia heads to the polls on Thursday with the opposition buoyed by an unprecedented groundswell of support hoping to put an end to the iron fisted rule of President Yahya Jammeh

Gambian officials begin tallying votes after presidential polls close after a tense period of campaigning with the opposition hoping to put an end to Yahya Jammeh's 22 years in power

Opposition candiate and previously unknown businessman Adama Barrow votes in Gambia's presidential poll that poses the strongest challenge yet to Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule

Gambian president Yahya Jammeh casts his vote in a presidential poll that poses the strongest challenge yet to his 22-year rule with political rivals energised by an unprecedented opposition campaign

GambiaÂ’s coalition opposition leader Adama Barrow tells AFP he is 100 percent plus certain of victory in ThursdayÂ’s presidential elections promising to put an end to Yahya JammehÂ’s 22 years in power

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat to the opposition the chairman of the electoral commission says bringing a dramatic end to his 22 years in power

Gambian rights activist and prominent coalition opposition figure Dr Isatou Touray says the political landscape has changed in the small West African country and she is optimistic the 22 year rule of President Yahya Jammeh can be brought...

Supporters of Gambia's opposition leader Adama Barrow take to the streets in Cape Point district of Banjul to celebrate his stunning victory over the president of 22 years Yahya Jammeh

Gambia elects a new president Adama Barrow who used to be an economic migrant in Britain and reportedly worked as a security guard at a London Argos store

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat to the opposition the chairman of the electoral commission says bringing a dramatic end to his 22 years in power