Vol 65 No 16 | RUSSIAAFRICA Moscow sees a year of transition 1st August 2024 African governments are evaluating more closely what President Putin’s government has to offer beyond security services The ambush of a patrol convoy of Russian mercenaries and Malian soldiers, killing over 50 Russian Africa Corps members, is the latest and most high profile of a...
Vol 48 No 5 | GAMBIA Bad medicine 2nd March 2007 President Yahya Jammeh is unhappy when foreign journalists betray scepticism about his proclaImed cure for AIDS. Since he cannot reach into the studios of Sky Television, he turned...
Vol 67 No 4 | KENYARUSSIA Cannon fodder on the front line 20th February 2026 A report by the All Eyes on Wagner (AEOW) investigative group, published on 11 February, lists 1,417 fighters from 35 African countries who joined the Russian army between...
Vol 56 No 8 | GAMBIA Coup plotters sentenced 17th April 2015 A five-member court martial headed by High Court Judge Emmanuel A. Amadi, a Nigerian, on 30 March sentenced six Gambian soldiers convicted of the 31 December attempted coup....
Vol 41 No 25 | GAMBIA Under-confident 22nd December 2000 Are relations improving between Gambia and the Commonwealth? In 1995, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was set up to look at members' attitudes to democracy.