Vol 66 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRWANDARUSSIA 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 50 No 2 | GAMBIASENEGAL Yom Ashura 23rd January 2009 Forgiveness and tolerance are key to Gambia and Senegal's celebration of the Islamic holy day of Yom Ashura (the tenth day of the Islamic New Year), this year...
Vol 47 No 16 | GAMBIA Democratic deficits 4th August 2006 After spending US$22 million on the African Union (AU) summit last month, President Yahya Jammeh has called a snap election on 22 September. With only six weeks to...
Vol 66 No 3 | SIERRA LEONESPECIAL REPORT President Bio keeps cocaine lord in the family 7th February 2025 One of Europe’s most wanted criminals is the partner of one of the President’s daughters and has transferred his operations to Freetown. An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir Sierra Leone has been in a state of shock ever since one of Freetown’s most astonishing urban myths was confirmed as fact – that one of Europe’s most... READ FOR FREE
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...
