(JollofNews) – The Pentagon on Wednesday restricted U.S. service members’ travel to five West African countries, citing recent militant attacks in the region, U.S. defense officials said.

(JollofNews) – A Gambian nan who allegedly masterminded the fatal genital mutilation of her five-year-old grandchild has been remanded by a local magistrate  in Banjul.

(JollofNews) – The head of the United Nations labour agency ILO has urged Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh to investigate the death of a trade union leader allegedly killed by intelligence agents, a spokesman for the agency said on Thursday.