Vol 47 No 16 | GAMBIA Democratic deficits 4th August 2006 After spending US$22 million on the African Union (AU) summit last month, President Yahya Jammeh has called a snap election on 22 September. With only six weeks to...
Vol 66 No 24 | GAMBIA Auditor challenges president 5th December 2025 The Supreme Court in Banjul is expected to hear in one to two weeks’ time the plea of the sacked Auditor-General Modou Ceesay that he was illegally removed...
Vol 65 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIA West set on banishing Moscow's forces from Bangui 30th May 2024 The death of Prigozhin has neither reduced the influence of Russia nor diminished France's efforts to charm Bangui out of the Kremlin's grip Russian mercenaries no longer openly roam the streets of Bangui by day as in the Wagner Group's heyday, but they still pluck President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's opponents from the...
Vol 64 No 3 | RUSSIAAFRICA President Putin's Africa summit in July will be key diplomatic test 26th January 2023 Foreign Minister Lavrov tours Southern Africa as Moscow wins more battles in information war with Europe and the US Russian officials are confident that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend President Vladimir Putin's Russia-Africa summit due to be held in late July in St Petersburg. The...
Vol 64 No 3 | ERITREARUSSIA Welcoming Russia's Lavrov, President Issayas boosts his regional role 31st January 2023 Regional and international officials say the Asmara regime has been greatly strengthened by Ethiopia's civil war Thanking Moscow's 'Eritrean friends for their consistent support of Russian initiatives in the UN,' Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sketched out closer ties between the two countries after meeting...
