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Rapidly increasing economic instability in several Sub-Saharan African countries will almost certainly increase the risk of demonstrations and subsequent political turmoil. Countries across the continent are facing econo...

On March 13, Senegal launched a military operation in the southern region of Casamance against a separatist rebel group. The fighting has displaced thousands across the border in The Gambia, where displacement from the c...

The political crisis in The Gambia may be over, but violence precipitated by former President Yahya Jammeh’s attempt to hold on to power following his electoral defeat in January continues sporadically. Military interven...

It appears increasingly likely that The Gambia’s current political crisis will devolve into violence in the very near future. Despite efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to persuade Presiden...

As of mid-December, the support Gambian President Yahya Jammeh seems to enjoy among the upper echelons of The Gambia’s security sector reduces the likelihood of him being ousted by a coup d’état. The Gambian strongman th...

The surprise electoral defeat of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on December 1 could create an opportunity for security gains in the southern Senegal region known as the Casamance. Wedged between The Gambia and Guinea-Bis...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will likely win The Gambia’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled for December 1. Jammeh has presided over The Gambia since seizing power in a 1994 coup d’état. Widely regarded by Afri...

This interactive product is a compilation of information from previous OSAC reporting on Ebola and Department of State messaging by country.

This is the third of three papers on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,000 people. The Department of State, the CDC, and WHO have issued various messages and guidance about the outbreak. This...

Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a rare virus native to Central Africa. The virus has taken more than 1,500 lives since it was first recorded in 1976, including the last major Ebola outbreak in 2012, when at least 31 people di...

Two American college students were robbed on April 6 by two unknown assailants, while walking at about 10 p.m. in the area near the stadium in Banjul.

An American bicycling in rural Gambia was the victim of a sexual assault.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens in The Gambia during the first quarter of 2006 as reported by U.S. Embassy Banjul.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens in The Gambia during the third quarter of 2005 as reported by U.S. Embassy Banjul.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens in The Gambia during the second quarter of 2005 as reported by the U.S. Embassy Banjul.

A robbery occurred through an open car window as the driver sat at a red light at The Gambia's only intersection with a working traffic signal.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens in The Gambia during the fourth quarter of 2004 as reported by the U.S. Embassy Banjul.