Vol 64 No 21 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream 13th October 2023 Leaders of the IMF and World Bank back carbon taxes and a plan to end fossil fuel subsidies | Special Report by Tim Concannon One of the most significant moments of the finance meetings in Marrakech on 9-15 October was the call by World Bank President Ajay Banga to open discussions on... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 25 | RUSSIAAFRICA Gold to Moscow 14th December 2023 Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali are the most lucrative African states for Russia's Wagner Group, according to the 'Blood Gold' report published this week by a consortium...
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 46 No 6 | GAMBIA Cold murder trail 18th March 2005 Efforts to find out who murdered Deyda Hydara, Editor of The Point newspaper, on 16 December become more bizarre by the day. Gambian police arrested Wally Hakim Mahmoud,...
Vol 50 No 22 | GAMBIA Jammeh says what he thinks 6th November 2009 The President's threats against human rights activists should spoil his welcome at the Commonwealth summit and elsewhere President Yahya Jammeh is due at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago in the second half of November. However, a televised outburst in...