Vol 56 No 7 | GAMBIA Jammeh cracks the whip 3rd April 2015 The consequences of the failed coup are proving dire for peaceful dissent as a wave of secret detentions takes place The repercussions of December's failed coup against President Yahya Jammeh are still being felt in Gambia and in the United States. One of the most prominent democracy campaigners,...
Vol 38 No 19 | GAMBIA No sanctions here 26th September 1997 Donor pressure for democratisation is having only a limited impact Possession seems to be nine-tenths of the law for Gambia's external partners. They have grown resigned to dealing with President Yahyah Jammeh since he converted his military regime...
Vol 50 No 15 | GAMBIA Fifteen years of one-man rule 24th July 2009 Few outsiders are prepared to support the doughty opponents of Yahya Jammeh's corrupt and brutal regime Since Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh led a succesful coup just 15 years ago on 22 July 1994, he has managed his small country against strong domestic complaints, but without...
Vol 44 No 17 | GAMBIA Friends new and old 29th August 2003 Jammeh must keep new friends in D.C. away from old mates in Tripoli and Monrovia In recent years, President Yahya Jammeh has quietly established himself as one of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's best allies in West Africa. Their relationship seemed to...
Vol 65 No 18 | RUSSIAAFRICA Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin builds on Wagner’s propaganda legacy 3rd September 2024 Prigozhin’s African network survives him as Moscow’s outreach expands disinformation about the west and support for military juntas One year after Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s dramatic demise, the legacy of his efforts to frame Russia as a liberator of Africa from western neocolonialism lives on.