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...
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...
The President's boast that he will hold power for the next 40 years no longer looks so idle
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 ...
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...
The African Union's next host, for July's summit in Banjul, is
upsetting those concerned with good governance and human rights.
The charge sheet against Gambian President Yahya Jammeh
includes oppression and grand corruption.
Before he hosts the AU summit, Jammeh wants to shut down the opposition
and purge the army
Accusations of gross humans rights abuses and corrupt deals with
the late Nigerian military leader, General Sani Abacha,
barely worry President Yahya Jammeh. The Commonwealth
and others have long abandoned efforts to persuade him to democratise;
senio...
Efforts to find out who murdered Deyda Hydara, Editor
of The Point newspaper, on 16 December become more bizarre
by the day. Gambian police arrested Wally Hakim Mahmoud,
described as 'a Gambian national of Lebanese origin', and
then released him on ba...
West African diplomats were very relieved that Niger's President
Mamadou Tandja beat Gambia's President Yahya
Jammeh to win the chair of the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) at its summit in Accra, Ghana,
on 18-19 January.
| 
Alternatively, 
Sign up to receive fortnightly email alerts listing the latest headlines, with extra news and commentaries from Africa Confidential's Editor, 
Request a printed example of our fortnightly Africa Confidential newsletter