Vol 53 No 6 | GAMBIAIRAN Friends reunited? 16th March 2012 Could President Yahya Jammeh, who has run one of the region’s most corrupt and brutal regimes since 1994, be planning to reopen diplomatic relations with Iran?
Vol 56 No 5 | UGANDARUSSIAOIL AND GAS Museveni gets his refinery 6th March 2015 Doubts surround both the Russian contract and the supposed benefit and even viability of the oil discoveries A Russian state company under European Union sanctions has won the contract to build an oil refinery on the shore of Lake Albert. The contract is symptomatic of...
Vol 64 No 14 | RUSSIAAFRICA Prigozhin tests Putin with an African putsch 26th June 2023 Russia's mercenary chief was following Hemeti's playbook in Sudan – but his loss of nerve may have repercussions across Africa As Wagner's putsch led by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin unfolded in Russia on 23-24 June, many in Africa saw strong parallels with the bid for power launched by...
Vol 65 No 20 | RUSSIAAFRICA A web of disinformation 3rd October 2024 A nascent effort to set up a ‘Pan African Intelligence Agency’, led by the same group linked to the creation of the ‘Russosphere’ French-language disinformation campaign targeting Africa,...
Vol 37 No 14 | GAMBIA Dodging democracy 5th July 1996 Having drawn up the rules, Captain Jammeh is to select his electoral opponents Gambia's military rulers, like Nigeria's, appear to have got the better of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group and its attempts to encourage democracy and human rights. After a...
