Gambia

  • May 20, 2015
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Africa term limit block belies shifting regional views

When term limit extensions provoke instability, regional support for the leaders in question cannot be assured

Africa
  • Nov 15, 2013
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Taiwan break may be Gambia's strategy, not Beijing's

Gambia's government yesterday announced its termination of diplomatic relations with Taipei,...

Taiwan
  • Aug 28, 2012
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Gambia executions are unlikely to attract sanctions

International condemnation has followed a government announcement yesterday that it executed nine...

Gambia
  • Aug 13, 2012
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West African private media ownership curbs are easing

The long history of military dictatorship in the region has resulted in state domination of the...

West Africa
  • Aug 9, 2012
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The spread of West African radical Islamism is limited

The recent rise of violent Islamist groups in Nigeria, northern Mali and Mauritania could raise...

West Africa
  • Nov 18, 2011
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Prospects for West Africa in 2012

West Africa's coastal states face a range of outlooks next year. Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone...

West Africa
  • Oct 25, 2011
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Gambian president's re-election is a near certainty

Yesterday marked a month to go before presidential elections in Gambia. As West Africa digests...

Gambia
  • Aug 12, 2010
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Deepwater oil regulation is set to increase

Angola's oil minister, Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos, said on August 10 that the number of...

Africa