Vol 47 No 25 | GAMBIASENEGAL Crossing the river 15th December 2006 Since March, fighting has raged between rebels and troops in Senegal's southern Casamance province, driving more than 10,000 refugees across the border. Rebel fighters crossed too: their leader,...
Vol 65 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIA West set on banishing Moscow's forces from Bangui 30th May 2024 The death of Prigozhin has neither reduced the influence of Russia nor diminished France's efforts to charm Bangui out of the Kremlin's grip Russian mercenaries no longer openly roam the streets of Bangui by day as in the Wagner Group's heyday, but they still pluck President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's opponents from the...
Vol 65 No 24 | GAMBIA Silence on sanctions-busting 28th November 2024 No official reaction has followed Africa Confidential and the Gambian Republic investigative website’s article on sanctions-busting by a Russian company in Banjul. The United Arab Emirates-registered company Apogee...
Vol 49 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICARUSSIA Nuclear nexus 23rd May 2008 South African officials visiting Russia on 22-23 May were in damage-control mode. In March, Eskom let it be known that the Russian nuclear reactor builder Atomstroyexport (ASE), would...
Vol 66 No 3 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRUSSIAAFRICA IN 2025 The year of voting dangerously 27th January 2025 Accommodating one of Russia’s most profitable African operations, Touadéra balances competing foreign interests as he dismantles the local opposition This year should be the year of elections in the Central African Republic. Local elections, already rescheduled four times, are due in July, with a general election following...