Vol 47 No 7 | GAMBIA The hostile host 31st March 2006 Before he hosts the AU summit, Jammeh wants to shut down the opposition and purge the army After announcing on 22 March that his doughty security agents had foiled yet another coup plot, the tenth in twelve years, President Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul under...
Vol 63 No 5 | RUSSIAAFRICA How Putin revived Moscow's reach 3rd March 2022 Gas pipelines, mining deals and military business powered post-Cold War relations but now they are at a turning point again President Vladimir Putin's first visit to Africa in 2006 launched Moscow's renewed push for economic and security ties with the continent. Its success was celebrated at the October...
Vol 45 No 15 | SUDANRUSSIA The wrong planes 21st July 2004 With a deft sense of timing, Russia's MiG aircraft company has announced that is about to complete the supply of 12 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters to Sudan.
Vol 62 No 4 | GAMBIAGUINEA BISSAUSENEGAL Sall roots out rebels 18th February 2021 Senegal's media eagerly showed footage of soldiers walking through rebel camps which the Senegalese army overran in the first week of February. Deserted kitchens, mostly old weaponry and...
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
