Gambia

19 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Gambia, 2006 CE to 2025 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

21st century

19 entries, 2006 CE to 2025 CE

2006June 15 - Hundreds are wounded in fighting between rival factions of the Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance led by Salif Sadio, who supports the continuation of the Casamance conflict, and Magne Dieme, who supports reconciliation with the government of Senegal. The fighting has spread to the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau may intervene.Gambia source
20176 April - Voters go to the polls to vote in the first legislative election held since Jammeh left.Gambia source
20171 January - President Jammeh accuses the ECOWAS bloc of "declaring war" on the Gambia after it was said they were putting forces on alert in case he refuses to step down by the deadline of January 19.Gambia source
201723 January - According to government officials, more than 500 million dalasi are missing from the state coffer after Jammeh left in exile.Gambia source
201721 January - Jammeh reportedly leaves the Gambia for a plane to Guinea.Gambia source
201726 January – Former interior minister, Ousman Sonko, is arrested in Geneva, Switzerland for human rights abuses.Gambia source
20188 February - The Gambia rejoins the Commonwealth of Nations, after former President Yahya Jammeh withdrew from it five years ago calling it a "neocolonial institution", to rebuild the Gambia's image.Gambia source
20181 April - President Barrow accuses supporters of former President Jammeh of supporting rebels in Senegal's Casamance region.Gambia source
202028 June – Louis Mahoney, Gambian-born British actor (b. 1938).Gambia source
20214 December – 2021 Gambian presidential election.Gambia source
20214 January – Musu Bakoto Sawo, 30, ("Think Young Women") is chosen as 2020 Daily Trust "African of the Year". She lectures at the Faculty of Law, University of the Gambia.Gambia source
202221 December - Four soldiers are arrested after an alleged coup attempt the previous day.Gambia source
202313 May – 2023 Gambian local electionsGambia source
202324 February – Gambian president Adama Barrow appoints Muhammad B.S. Jallow as the country's new vice-president after the previous one, Badara Joof, died last month in India.Gambia source
20236 April – The Gambia confirms a case of bird flu.Gambia source
202415 May – Former interior minister Ousman Sonko is convicted and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment by a Swiss court for his role in murder, torture and other human rights abuses during the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh.Gambia source
202411 January – A chartered Air Côte d'Ivoire flight from The Gambia to the Ivory Coast, transporting the Gambia national football team to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, makes an emergency landing in Banjul due to a loss of cabin pressure lasting for more than nine minutes. All passengers suffer some degree of carbon monoxide poisoning including loss of consciousness.Gambia source
202522 July – 2023–2025 mpox epidemic: The first case of mpox is reported in the country with the government declaring an outbreak.Gambia source
202510 August – A one-month-old infant dies after being subjected to female genital mutilation in Wellingara, resulting in two arrests.Gambia source