Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled with an iron first for the past 22 years, has tried to remain in power by contesting the results of the nation's presidential poll before the Supreme Court, after initially conceding defeat in December. For ...

West African leaders promised Saturday to enforce the results of a Gambian election that was won by a little-known businessman backed by an opposition coalition but rejected by the country's longtime coup leader. A summit of the Economic Community of ...

The Spanish press was triumphant over homegrown victories in French politics this week as Barcelona-born Manuel Valls became prime minister and Anne Hidalgo, born in Cadiz, took over as mayor of Paris. Both had moved to France with their parents ...

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Thursday ordered four men to be flogged with horsewhips after being found guilty of homosexuality. The men, aged between 22 and 28, were also fined 20,000 naira (90 euros) after a secret trial at the Upper Sharia ...