Vol 53 No 19 | GAMBIA Jammeh’s execution spree 21st September 2012 What prompted President Yahya Jammeh to start eliminating all the residents of death row in Banjul’s infamous Mile Two Jail? Some attribute it to his heavy dependence on...
Vol 66 No 6 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIA Moscow’s prisoner 21st March 2025 Belgian-Portuguese national Joseph Figueira Martin has been all but abandoned, banged up for 10 months in a Bangui military camp in the Central African Republic, awaiting trial on...
Vol 67 No 9 | MALIRUSSIA Jihadist onslaught exposes fatal flaws in Moscow’s Sahel tactics 27th April 2026 The killing of Sadio Camara and the fall of Kidal to Tuareg rebels delivered a devastating blow to Assimi Goïta's junta and casts doubt on Russia's security claims Amid a combined offensive by Tuareg and jihadist fighters against the Bamako junta at dawn on 25 April, the killing of Defence Minister General Sadio Camara, the architect...
Vol 47 No 25 | GAMBIASENEGAL Crossing the river 15th December 2006 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,...
Vol 66 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRWANDARUSSIA Touadéra’s allies in Moscow and Kigali back his third-term aim 13th May 2025 Defying local and foreign enforcers, activists protest against the President’s anti-constitutional plans Hundreds of activists took to the streets of Bangui on 4 April to oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s plan to run for an unconstitutional third term with the support...