Vol 46 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Moscow marriages 15th April 2005 Russian businessman and director of prestigious British banking consultancy Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) Mark Garber is developing a reputation as a key marriage broker between Moscow-based oligarchs...
Vol 51 No 24 | GAMBIAIRAN Iranian guns and a king in Banjul 3rd December 2010 As he plans to install himself as monarch, President Jammeh has cut ties with Tehran over a mysterious arms shipment None of the official explanations - from either Tehran or Banjul - of why Iran was sending arms to Gambia via Nigeria make any sense. Gambia's President Yahya...
Vol 52 No 23 | GAMBIA ‘No monster’ Jammeh heads for victory 18th November 2011 The President can rely on foreign friends and weak opponents to stay in power Putschist President Yahya Jammeh will win re-election for the third time on 24 November at the head of his Alliance for Patriotic Reconciliation and Construction (APRC). He may...
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 63 No 12 | RUSSIAEUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAN UNION Deepening food and fuel crisis prompts emergency summits 2nd June 2022 AU Chief Macky Sall to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin over trapped grain stocks after EU pledges more cash for African farmers In a bid to unblock vital stocks of wheat and fertiliser, Senegal's President Macky Sall is to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 3 June. Sall,...