Vol 41 No 8 | GAMBIA Students shot 14th April 2000 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...
Vol 45 No 5 | GAMBIA Babagate or floodgate 5th March 2004 Jammeh is busy boasting of oil riches and arresting old friends for corruption Gambians in search of hope after a decade of impoverishment and repression under President Yahya Jammeh's regime might have had their spirits momentarily lifted after he announced the...
Vol 65 No 1 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT What did the UN COP28 Climate summit deliver for Africa? 29th December 2023 The final communiqué at the end of the UN COP28 summit in Dubai on 13 December produced what its authors hailed as a breakthrough – it approved a roadmap for 'transitioning away from fossil fuels' | By Tim Concannon It was a first for a UN Climate Conference. But it stopped short of what many delegates had called for – 'a phase-out' of the use of coal,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 7 | NIGERUNITED STATESIRANRUSSIA General Tiani swaps the US for Russia 27th March 2024 Annulling its defence agreements with Washington, the Niamey junta strengthens ties with Moscow and Tehran Severing military ties with the United States on 16 March, three months after France closed its embassy in Niamey, General Abdourahamane Tiani's Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de...
Vol 63 No 6 | RUSSIAAFRICA Pragmatism rules as African states navigate Cold War II 9th March 2022 Moscow's clash with the west benefits authoritarians but economic mayhem could trigger a wave of mass protests Beyond the sweeping international criticism in the UN and other fora of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, African officials fear their region will suffer most from the economic blight...