Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIASAHEL Resurrecting the 'Russosphere' 2nd February 2023 The spike in pro-Russian sentiment in the Sahel has been linked to an obscure Belgian activist, Luc Michel. Describing himself as a 'Stalinist', Michel, 65, founded a Belgian...
Vol 37 No 14 | GAMBIA Dodging democracy 5th July 1996 Having drawn up the rules, Captain Jammeh is to select his electoral opponents Gambia's military rulers, like Nigeria's, appear to have got the better of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group and its attempts to encourage democracy and human rights. After a...
Vol 59 No 23 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIAFRANCE Moscow abhors a vacuum 14th November 2018 France's failures in CAR opened the door to Russia. Now, Paris wants to win back a central role, but the government is hostile and the Kremlin has plans The visit of the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to Bangui at the beginning of November was supposed to signal Paris's decisive re-engagement with its former territory....
Vol 65 No 17 | NIGERIASIERRA LEONESPECIAL REPORT Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush 22nd August 2024 Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE
Vol 41 No 2 | GAMBIA Friends of Sani 21st January 2000 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...
