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U.S. military aircraft disable The Gambia-flagged bulk carrier "Lian Star" and leave it adrift in the Gulf of Oman after it ignored warnings while attempting to reach a port in Iran.
2026-05-30

The Gambia reports its first case of mpox and announces an outbreak.
2025-07-23

The Gambia reports their first two cases of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 34-year-old man who travelled to the United Kingdom and an 82-year-old woman who also tested positive.
2021-01-14

The Gambia warns ousted leader Yahya Jammeh not to return to the country, saying his safety cannot be guaranteed if he returns without permission, a government spokesman says. A spokesman for Jammeh's party says he could arrive back at any time from exile in Equatorial Guinea.
2020-01-12

The office of Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, releases a statement announcing that she will personally lead the legal team defending the Burmese military's actions against the Rohingya minority in the International Criminal Court. Nine days earlier, fifty-seven countries led by The Gambia filed a lawsuit in the International Criminal Court, formally accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
2019-11-20

The new government of the Gambia accuses ex-President Yahya Jammeh's supporters of assisting and sheltering foreign militants (the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance).
2018-04-1

Voters in the Gambia go to the polls for an election, the country's first legislative election since longtime President Yahya Jammeh resigned and left the country.
2017-04-6

Gambian President Adama Barrow returns to the Gambia after being sworn in as president in Senegal, bringing an end to the country's political crisis.
2017-01-26

The Gambia bans female genital mutilation with President Yahya Jammeh saying it is not required in Islam.
2015-11-25