Vol 42 No 6 | GAMBIA Jumping Jammeh 23rd March 2001 Corruption and vote-rigging draw attention to the President's election plans It is easy to break Western precepts of good governance and still haul in international aid. President Yahya Jammeh's regime shows how. In December, the International Monetary Fund...
Vol 66 No 18 | BURKINA FASOMALINIGERRUSSIA Putin’s gambit in the Sahel as France leaves the stage 3rd September 2025 Moscow courts the three juntas with anti-western rhetoric and promises of gold refineries and nuclear power but is struggling to counter insurgents On 14 August, the defence ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – Generals Sadio Camara, Célestin Simporé and Salifou Modi – were in Moscow for talks with...
Vol 63 No 6 | RUSSIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Brussels eyes African energy as it bars Moscow 11th March 2022 Pledge to wean the EU from Russia's gas by 2030 will mean changing policy and stepping up investment in Africa The launch of the European Union's master plan for energy on 9 March was delayed for a week as the war raging in Ukraine forced officials to...
Vol 53 No 4 | GAMBIA No freedom of the press 17th February 2012 Although the President has consolidated his power, there is no let up in pressure on the media The announcement by United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on 9 February that Gambia’s putschist President Yahya Jammeh had requested UN assistance in the case of...
Vol 38 No 19 | GAMBIA 'Corruption where it exists' 26th September 1997 The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are looking closely at Gambian government finances and especially at June's mini-budget for the six months to December. The budget was...