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Myanmar’s leaders, including Nobel laureate and de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi, have repeatedly defended the military crackdown. (AFP)
ABUBACARR TAMBADOU

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…

  • Line Engbo Gissel
  • Kerstin Carlson
4 min read
Gambian President Adama Barrow. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)
ADAMA BARROW

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

  • Staff Reporter
  • Benita Van Eyssen
6 min read
Jammeh came to power in a military coup in 1994, installing a structure of oppression and corruption that touched nearly every part of Gambian society. (Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters)
ADAMA BARROW

Gambia launches probe into ex-dictator’s abuse

The commission will hold witness hearings into Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year era of oppression, opening the way to prosecuting those responsible

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
The Gambian court case is the first to hold an African head of state accountable for violating the rights of people living with HIV.
ADAMA BARROW

The Gambia after Yahya Jammeh: Reconciliation no easy task

Gambian President Adama Barrow might have managed to succeed the longtime leader, but the West African nation remains divided along ethnic lines

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Jose Eduardo dos Santos has stepped down as president of Angola but the country’s political system hasn’t been overhauled.
ADAMA BARROW

Africa waves some leaders goodbye, but is the democratic deficit any narrower?

No one is immune to change in leadership that has led many African presidents to lose their coveted top job

  • Mohamed M
  • Diatta 1
5 min read
Mugabe’s exit does not in itself guarantee reform or positive change in Zimbabwe. But it does send the strongest possible message to those who would follow in his footsteps.
ADAMA BARROW

​Africa for optimists: 2017 in review

Not feeling so hopeful? Click here for the other side of the coin in our ‘Africa for pessimists: 2017 in review’.

  • Simon Allison
5 min read
President Adama Barrow faces the immense task of mending the mess he inherited from his predecessor
ADAMA BARROW

The Gambia’s post-election blues

Seldom has an election given rise to so much hope on the African continent as the one that placed Adama Barrow at the helm of the Gambia.

  • Deutsche Welle 1
3 min read
Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow
ADAMA BARROW

Who will follow Ecowas’s example next?

The Gambia, mirroring Burkina Faso in 2014, underscores the importance the youth play in overthrowing authoritarian leaders through democratic means.

  • Staff Reporter
9 min read