Gambia
latest news & developmentsGambian leader’s new term darkened by politics, economy
Adama Barrow was re-elected on the strength of his pitch as the candidate of continuity, but faces mounting pressure for action, both from home and abroad
Coal gets the cold shoulder as coal power fleets on course to be 56% smaller than expected
Only Gambia has a plan that, if everyone acted the same way, would see global heating kept to below 1.5°C.
Photos capture Africa’s mighty as they fall
Alpha Condé is not the first president to have his humiliation captured on camera.
Europe, Asia rob West Africa of fish
Greenpeace Africa reports that the fishmeal and fish oil industry is ‘robbing the Gambia, Mauritania and Senegal of livelihoods and food’
Abandoned in Lebanon, African domestic workers just want to go home
Dumped by their employers, and then stranded by their governments, African workers in Lebanon just want to go home. But it’s not that simple
Climate science’s blind spot for heat waves in southern Africa
The lack of detailed information on extreme heat impacts hinders disaster response and preparedness.
The journalist who was shot in cold blood
Ahmed Divela was one of Ghana’s most fearless investigative journalists. This edited excerpt about his killing is from Faces of Assassination
The covert social effects of Covid-19
The manner in which some Senegalese people talk about homosexuality and how they discuss Covid-19 bears a disconcerting resemblance
Why the Gambia’s plea for the Rohingya matters for international justice
In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included a request for…
Gambians get behind a movement to Barrow to his word
The constitution puts him on fairly firm ground but citizens of post-dictatorship Gambia are determined to hold their leader to account
Yes, victims can bring Gambia’s dictator to justice
Gambian President Adama Barrow has said that he will await the report of the country’s truth commission before pursuing Jammeh’s possible extradition
Q&A: How Jammeh rape allegations were uncovered
Researcher Marion Volkmann-Brandau on what it took to directly link Gambia’s former dictator to rape and sexual explitation
Former Gambian dictator Jammeh was a ‘serial sexual predator’
Former president Yahya Jammeh allegedly used his position to rape and sexually assault young women, claims new report
China’s overfishing of Africa: The lure and the lies
Scientists and campaigners warn that factories in coastal villages are wreaking environmental and economic havoc.
SA drops in World Press Freedom rankings
South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index