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Gambia

Gambia

Population: 2.9m
GDP: $2.67bn
Debt: 70% of GDP (2026 forecast)

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Displaying 2 results from 2016 (out of 55 total).

Gambia at the cliff-edge

Jammeh made history twice: first by conceding defeat and then by changing his mind. Presidents are trying to talk him down

It would take a mere seven days for President Yahya Jammeh to pronounce the unthinkable and request the impossible. On 2 December, he appeared on television to tell...


Jammeh tilts the playing field

An increasingly isolated and paranoid President has become even more dictatorial in the lead-up to national elections

The last time Gambia went to the polls, in November 2011, the incumbent President Yahya Jammeh won 72% of the vote, crushing two below-par opposition coalitions. The Commonwealth...


Displaying 2 results from 2016 (out of 55 total).