Gambia Leader's Hold on Power Ends With Surprising Speed

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh became notorious for erratic behavior and his apparent determination to stay in power indefinitely, but a population fed up with oppression and economic stagnation brought his reign to a surprisingly swift end
Source

Gambia's President Concedes Defeat After Election Loss

Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has congratulated the opposition coalition leader Adama Barrow, who won the majority of votes in an election that will remove Jammeh from power after 22 years
Source

Gambian Official: Opposition Candidate Barrow Wins Election

Gambia's opposition candidate has defeated longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh in the West African country's presidential vote, an upset victory that could lead to the first transfer of power in more than two decades
Source

Ousting Squatter Farmers to Save Forest, Ivory Coast Sets Off New Crisis

Squatters using protected land to grow cocoa have helped strip the country of four-fifths of its woodlands. Now evicted, many of them are struggling to survive.
Source

Ousting Farmers to Save Forest, Ivory Coast Sets Off a New Crisis

Squatters using protected land to grow cocoa have helped strip the country of four-fifths of its woodlands. Now evicted, many of them are struggling to survive.
Source

Senegal Mourns World-Renowned Sculptor Ousmane Sow

Senegal's culture minister says Ousmane Sow, a sculptor whose work celebrated African tribes along with historical icons such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 81.
Source

Ivory Coast Jails 2 Men Accused of Same-Sex Sexual Acts

Activists say a court in Ivory Coast has imprisoned two men for public indecency after they were accused of engaging in same-sex sexual acts
Source