Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT Fight over control of loss and damage fund dominates pre-summit talks 31st October 2023 Key questions are whether the World Bank or the UN will control the new fund – and the cost of its loans | Special Report by Tim Concannon The schism between the west and developing economies over compensation for the damage caused by climate change is dominating preparatory talks ahead of the UN COP28 Climate summit... READ FOR FREE
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 63 No 6 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIA UN clashes with Wagner worsen 8th March 2022 Moscow's surrogates are undermining the international peacekeepers but diplomats hope a new UN mission chief can stabilise the operation The Russian-inspired detention of four French soldiers in February at Bangui airport, and the imminent departure of Mankeur Ndiaye, the Senegalese head of the UN's mission to Central...
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 44 No 17 | GAMBIA Friends new and old 29th August 2003 Jammeh must keep new friends in D.C. away from old mates in Tripoli and Monrovia In recent years, President Yahya Jammeh has quietly established himself as one of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's best allies in West Africa. Their relationship seemed to...