Gambia

  • Aug 29
  • 2 min read

Migration carries political risks for Spain’s Sanchez

Irregular immigration from western Africa to Spain has risen substantially this year

Spain
  • Jul 16
  • 2 min read

FGM vote will help The Gambia avert aid reductions

Parliament yesterday upheld a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM)

Gambia
  • Jan 12, 2023
  • 6 min read

Gambia's Barrow faces civilian-military tensions

Gambian authorities claim to have foiled a coup attempt

Gambia
  • Dec 22, 2022
  • 2 min read

Gambia coup attempt may boost anti-coup force

Gambian authorities yesterday reported that they had quashed a coup attempt

Gambia
  • Dec 8, 2021
  • 7 min read

Gambian election presages authoritarian turn

President Adama Barrow overwhelmingly won a second term in the December 4 election

Gambia
  • Dec 6, 2021
  • 2 min read

Gambian election results herald democratic backsliding

Gambia's electoral commission has announced that President Adama Barrow has won re-election with 53% of the vote

Gambia
  • Nov 23, 2021
  • 7 min read

Africa faces the challenge of ‘choiceless democracy’

Dissatisfaction with democratic dividends underpins a recent wave of coups and protests across the continent

Africa