Vol 39 No 3 | LIBYARUSSIA Energetic 6th February 1998 Russia is still punching holes in United States’ sanctions: its Fuel and Energy Ministry is finalising an agreement with Tripoli that is to relaunch oil projects stalled by...
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 41 No 8 | GAMBIA Students shot 14th April 2000 Gambians are shocked by the killing of 14 people, mainly students, when security forces quelled demonstrations in Banjul on 10-11 April. It could be a turning point for...
Vol 50 No 14 | GAMBIA No free speech here 10th July 2009 By gaoling opposition journalists, President Yahya Jammeh makes himself look insecure. The President, who seized power as a mere lieutenant fifteen years ago, now entitles himself President Sheikh...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 3 | GAMBIA Fatou Bensouda 18th January 2012 Chief Prosecutor, ICC After heavy lobbying by the African Union, the International Criminal Court chose Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as the new ICC Chief Prosecutor. Her nine-year term begins in June,...
