Vol 65 No 23

Published 15th November 2024

Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven

14 Nov 2024

PREVIEW

A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it there, and sent the money to the UAE, but the authorities seem uninterested

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir

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The winding road from the Black Sea to Banjul

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Vol 63 No 5 |

RUSSIA
AFRICA

How Putin revived Moscow's reach

3rd March 2022

Gas pipelines, mining deals and military business powered post-Cold War relations but now they are at a turning point again

President Vladimir Putin's first visit to Africa in 2006 launched Moscow's renewed push for economic and security ties with the continent. Its success was celebrated at the October...

Vol 66 No 10 |

Touadéra’s allies in Moscow and Kigali back his third-term aim

13th May 2025

Defying local and foreign enforcers, activists protest against the President’s anti-constitutional plans

Hundreds of activists took to the streets of Bangui on 4 April to oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s plan to run for an unconstitutional third term with the support...

Vol 66 No 3 |

Sahel-exit tests western miners and Russia’s military muscle

29th January 2025

Everybody is losing as the Sahelian juntas break with the Ecowas bloc – except for the jihadi militias

The crowds in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Niamey celebrating their countries’ break with the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on 29 January belie the...

Vol 65 No 7 |

General Tiani swaps the US for Russia

27th March 2024

Annulling its defence agreements with Washington, the Niamey junta strengthens ties with Moscow and Tehran

Severing military ties with the United States on 16 March, three months after France closed its embassy in Niamey, General Abdourahamane Tiani's Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de...

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...

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