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The Gambia

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  • PoliticsThe Gambia

    “Do more, speak less”: The imam who stood up to Jammeh reflects on a New Gambia

    By Mahamadou Camara
    April 26, 2017
    Human rights defender and imam, Baba Leigh, was one of the few who dared to speak out under the previous regime. One of the ...
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  • PoliticsThe Gambia

    Gambia First

    By Marika Tsolakis
    February 15, 2017
    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, ...
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  • PoliticsThe Gambia

    The five big questions facing the New Gambia’s new government

    By Niklas Hultin
    January 30, 2017
    From prosecuting Jammeh, to lifting the economy, to working out the relationship with Senegal, President Adama Barrow has a lot to think about. On ...
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  • Côte d'IvoirePoliticsThe Gambia

    Two presidents and an intervention: Gambia is not Côte d’Ivoire, but it can learn from it

    By Marika Tsolakis
    January 19, 2017
    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 ...
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  • PoliticsThe Gambia

    Gambia: Why the army may be the key to getting Jammeh to step down

    By Maggie Dwyer
    December 16, 2016
    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 ...
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  • PoliticsThe Gambia

    New friends, new risks as the Gambia looks East

    By Gustavo Plácido dos Santos
    May 16, 2016
    The decisions of the tiny Gambia and its enigmatic president could have more repercussions for the region than one might expect On 11 December ...
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  • PoliticsSocietyThe Gambia

    Between a rock and a hard place: Gambians tackle Fortress Europe

    By Alexandra Embiricos
    May 4, 2016
    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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  • PoliticsThe Gambia

    What does Jammeh have to gain by making The Gambia an Islamic Republic?

    By Adolphus Washington
    January 28, 2016
    President Yahya Jammeh has developed a reputation for surprising announcements. What might be the reasons behind his latest? In a surprise announcement last month, ...
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