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Gambia
Population: 1.7mn.
GDP: 1.0bn.
Debt: 0.2bn.
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After bludgeoning his way to another presidential election victory without any serious sanction from the Commonwealth or USA, Yahya Jammeh will also prevail in March's parliamentary elections. His sponsorship of insurgents and links to crime syndicates underline regional unease. 

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  • Vol 42 No 20
  •  12th October 2001

The re-election game

A fixed vote and foreign indifference will put Jammeh back in power

  • Vol 42 No 6
  •  23rd March 2001

Jumping Jammeh

Corruption and vote-rigging draw attention to the President's election plans

  • Vol 41 No 25
  •  22nd December 2000

Under-confident

Are relations improving between Gambia and the Commonwealth? In 1995, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was set up to look at members' attitudes to democracy.

  • Vol 41 No 14
  •  7th July 2000

Death on the river

New troubles face President Yahya Jammeh following the shooting of 13 student demonstrators in early April (AC Vol 41 No 8). Opposition leader Oussainou Darboe was arrested on 21 June, with 24 of his followers from the United Democratic Party.

  • Vol 41 No 8
  •  14th April 2000

Students shot

Gambians are shocked by the killing of 14 people, mainly students, when security forces quelled demonstrations in Banjul on 10-11 April. It could be a turning point for President Yahya Jammeh's regime already battered this year by allegations of corruptio...

  • Vol 41 No 2
  •  21st January 2000

Friends of Sani

Who controls account No. J36650-70 at United Overseas Bank, 11 Quai des Bergues, Geneva? That is the issue in Gambia's latest scandal. Details of the private Swiss account emerged when Chantrils SA, a Panamanian subsidiary of Swiss-based oil traders Glenc...

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