The Gambia
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Insiders Insight: Gambia’s ex-leader accused of rape as truths emerge
African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ... -
Seeking justice in The Gambia: Why Jammeh’s days are numbered
The Gambia may not be ready yet. But it’s only a matter of time until the conditions are right to prosecute former president Jammeh. ... -
Rebuilding after the dictator: New Gambia’s slow road to reform
President Jammeh spent over two decades centralising power and sowing distrust. How do you rebuild a nation after that? How do you dismantle over ... -
“Do more, speak less”: The imam who stood up to Jammeh reflects on a New Gambia
Human rights defender and imam, Baba Leigh, was one of the few who dared to speak out under the previous regime. One of the ... -
Gambia First
On the promises and dangers of the New Gambia’s new and improved relationships with donors. Yesterday, UK foreign minister Boris Johnson visited The Gambia, ... -
The five big questions facing the New Gambia’s new government
From prosecuting Jammeh, to lifting the economy, to working out the relationship with Senegal, President Adama Barrow has a lot to think about. On ... -
Two presidents and an intervention: Gambia is not Côte d’Ivoire, but it can learn from it
The similarities between Gambia today and Côte d’Ivoire in 2010-11 may be most relevant not in how the intervention unfolds, but in what happens ... -
Gambia: Why the army may be the key to getting Jammeh to step down
Domestic, regional and international bodies have all condemned Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to concede defeat. But one significant group still backs him. Speaking to opposition ... -
New friends, new risks as the Gambia looks East
The decisions of the tiny Gambia and its enigmatic president could have more repercussions for the region than one might expect On 11 December ... -
Between a rock and a hard place: Gambians tackle Fortress Europe
The number of Gambians seeking asylum in Europe nearly quintupled between 2012 and 2014. The fact that most are turned away as ‘economic migrants’ speaks to ...
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