The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has disclosed that The Gambia is among four countries across the sub region identified in combating "illegal mining" and other "associated ...

Interpol, which coordinated the West African police operation dubbed “Sanu, " announced the move on Tuesday.

The West African police action, known as Operation Sanu, also marked a first for tackling illegal sand mining in Gambia.

President John Dramani Mahama has underscored the need for closer collaboration between West African countries to fight the canker of insurgency and extremism.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their ...

The descriptive text for each was written by Father Johann Roten, S.M. Feast of the Upright People G. Tassou Burkina Faso, formerly Upper-Volta, is a landlocked country south of the Sahara Desert in ...

The operations, code-named Sanu, were carried out in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea and Senegal from June to October last year. Investigators seized a large quantity of chemicals and equipment used ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and ...