Vol 67 No 13 | ALGERIAMALIRUSSIA Moscow and Algiers agree that Goïta has got it wrong 16th June 2026 Russian and Algerian diplomats and spies agreed a year ago that the junta’s demonisation of the Azawad militants would fail In the wake of April’s attacks that killed Defence Minister Sadio Camara and sent junta leader General Assimi Goïta into hiding, it was with Russia’s ambassador in Bamako,...
Vol 62 No 23 | MALIRUSSIAUNITED NATIONS Bamako and Moscow defy Paris 11th November 2021 The Malian foreign minister's trip to Moscow will be read as a slap in Paris's face as the junta deepens relations with President Putin's government The visit by Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop to Moscow on 11 November flies in the face of French government complaints about Russia's state-backed mercenaries and their allied...
Vol 47 No 7 | GAMBIA The hostile host 31st March 2006 Before he hosts the AU summit, Jammeh wants to shut down the opposition and purge the army After announcing on 22 March that his doughty security agents had foiled yet another coup plot, the tenth in twelve years, President Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul under...
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 64 No 3 | RUSSIASAHEL Resurrecting the 'Russosphere' 2nd February 2023 The spike in pro-Russian sentiment in the Sahel has been linked to an obscure Belgian activist, Luc Michel. Describing himself as a 'Stalinist', Michel, 65, founded a Belgian...
