Vol 63 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Moscow invasion strains bilateral ties 3rd March 2022 Internal rivalries in the ruling ANC complicate the government’s response to war in Ukraine Russia's full-blown war against Ukraine has opened a crack in the BRICS alliance – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the political and economic grouping that...
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 63 No 2 | RUSSIAAFRICA IN 2022 Moscow guns for African gold 11th January 2022 At this year’s summit, Putin has to offer African officials a better reason than mercenaries to switch allegiance from their traditional allies President Vladimir Putin's government is organising the second Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg in November: it is a moment of truth to prove how Russia has made a...
Vol 47 No 25 | GAMBIASENEGAL Crossing the river 15th December 2006 Since March, fighting has raged between rebels and troops in Senegal's southern Casamance province, driving more than 10,000 refugees across the border. Rebel fighters crossed too: their leader,...
Vol 66 No 19 | GAMBIA Barrow fires Auditor, shielding a ballooning family empire 17th September 2025 After being accused of favouring relatives and friends with state-backed rice deals and discounted bank sales, the President has summarily sacked the Auditor-General When police forcibly removed Auditor-General, Modou Ceesay from the National Audit Office on 15 September they triggered youth-led protests in which several demonstrators were arrested as fighting spilled...