Vol 41 No 14 | GAMBIA Death on the river 7th July 2000 New troubles face President Yahya Jammeh following the shooting of 13 student demonstrators in early April (AC Vol 41 No 8). Opposition leader Oussainou Darboe was arrested on...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 5 | ZIMBABWERUSSIA Diamonds in the rough 27th March 2009 After disappointments in Asia, President Robert Mugabe and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono have been working hard to bring in Russian capital, especially in the opaque diamond sector. Russian surveyors have...
Vol 39 No 3 | LIBYARUSSIA Energetic 6th February 1998 Russia is still punching holes in United States’ sanctions: its Fuel and Energy Ministry is finalising an agreement with Tripoli that is to relaunch oil projects stalled by...
Vol 47 No 18 | GAMBIA Easy for Jammeh 8th September 2006 The opposition has dashed its hopes of victory by failing to field a single candidate. The two rival alliances stand almost no chance against President Yahya Jammeh in...
Vol 64 No 13 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIAUKRAINE Kyiv and Moscow give peace mission short shrift 21st June 2023 After days of awkward and unproductive diplomacy, the economic consequences of the war will worsen for Africa – starting with the collapse of the grain deal The African peace mission to Ukraine and Russia has exposed the chasm between the two countries – with Kyiv insisting on Russian withdrawal from its territory and Moscow...