Vol 38 No 19 | GAMBIA No sanctions here 26th September 1997 Donor pressure for democratisation is having only a limited impact Possession seems to be nine-tenths of the law for Gambia's external partners. They have grown resigned to dealing with President Yahyah Jammeh since he converted his military regime...
Vol 64 No 14 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIAFRANCE Macron makes a U-turn on autocracy 5th July 2023 France has dropped objections to presidential assaults on democracy in a return of Cold War-style geopolitics designed to exclude Russia President Emmanuel Macron is leading an international effort, including Rwanda and the UN – with growing United States support – to lift the pressure on President Faustin-Archange Touadéra...
Vol 66 No 14 | GAMBIA Oil report blames officials 11th July 2025 A report by Gambia’s lawmakers has blamed three state officials for interfering with a police investigation into the importation and sale of 36,000 tonnes of sanctioned Russian diesel...
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 56 No 5 | UGANDARUSSIAOIL AND GAS Museveni gets his refinery 6th March 2015 Doubts surround both the Russian contract and the supposed benefit and even viability of the oil discoveries A Russian state company under European Union sanctions has won the contract to build an oil refinery on the shore of Lake Albert. The contract is symptomatic of...