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- Vol 51 No 15
- 23/07/2010
Coups and cocaine
The enforced celebration of 'Freedom Day' on 22 July, the 16th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's coup, prompted protests by exiles and human rights groups, who say the regime is increasingly repressive and that Banjul has become a regional centr...
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
Jammeh says what he thinks
The President's threats against human rights activists should spoil his welcome at the Commonwealth summit and elsewhere
- Vol 50 No 15
- 24/07/2009
Fifteen years of one-man rule
Few outsiders are prepared to support the doughty opponents of Yahya Jammeh's corrupt and brutal regime
- Vol 50 No 14
- 10/07/2009
No free speech here
By gaoling opposition journalists, President Yahya Jammeh makes himself look insecure. The President, who seized power as a mere lieutenant fifteen years ago, now entitles himself President Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, according to the Sta...
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
Yom Ashura
Forgiveness and tolerance are key to Gambia and Senegal's celebration of the Islamic holy day of Yom Ashura (the tenth day of the Islamic New Year), this year on 8 January. In contrast with the self-flagellation of Middle Eastern Shiite Muslims in rememb...
- Vol 48 No 5
- 02/03/2007
Bad medicine
President Yahya Jammeh is unhappy when foreign journalists betray scepticism about his proclaImed cure for AIDS. Since he cannot reach into the studios of Sky Television, he turned his fury on United Nations representative Fadzai Gwaradzima who, havin...
- Vol 47 No 25
- 15/12/2006
Crossing the river
Since March, fighting has raged between rebels and troops in Senegal's southern Casamance province, driving more than 10,000 refugees across the border. Rebel fighters crossed too: their leader, Salif Sadio, slipped over to evade capture by Guinea Biss...
- Vol 47 No 20
- 06/10/2006
Jammeh tomorrow
The President's boast that he will hold power for the next 40 years no longer looks so idle
- Vol 47 No 18
- 08/09/2006
Easy for Jammeh
The opposition has dashed its hopes of victory by failing to field a single candidate. The two rival alliances stand almost no chance against President Yahya Jammeh in the national elections on 22 September, given his iron grip on the organisation of ...
- Vol 47 No 16
- 04/08/2006
Democratic deficits
After spending US$22 million on the African Union (AU) summit last month, President Yahya Jammeh has called a snap election on 22 September. With only six weeks to register voters, the two main opposition groups - Halifa Sallah's National Alliance for...
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