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The Gambia stands at a precipice. Last month, in a WhatsApp audio message played to supporters in his home village, former dictator Yahya Jammeh proclaimed he would return this November after nearly nine years in exile. “Nobody can prevent me from coming in,” he declared, invoking a purported agreement that initially facilitated his departure. In
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The Gambia stands at a political precipice, caught between a painful past and an uncertain future. The source of this crisis is a surreal, modern-day proclamation: a WhatsApp audio recording from exiled former dictator Yahya Jammeh, broadcast to a crowd in his home village of Kanilai, in which he declared his intention to return this
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Exiled autocrat’s promised return tests a fragile democracy In a move that has sent political shockwaves through West Africa, former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh has announced from his exile in Equatorial Guinea that he intends to return to the country he ruled with an iron fist for 22 years. His declaration last month was ominously
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Eight years ago, The Gambia celebrated what seemed to be a democratic miracle. After more than two decades of dictatorship under Yahya Jammeh, citizens voted him out and ushered in President Adama Barrow on promises of reform and renewal. Today, that miracle is in peril, undermined by the very leader who embodied it. The Gambia’s
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In the heart of West Africa, a quiet democracy that has endured much is now facing a critical test of its institutional integrity. The Gambia, which transitioned from a 22-year dictatorship to democracy less than a decade ago, now finds itself at a constitutional crossroads following the forcible removal of Auditor General Momodou Ceesay by
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BANJUL, The Gambia — In the bustling streets of Serekunda, where vibrant markets once buzzed with talk of The Gambia’s democratic renaissance, there now hangs a palpable sense of dread. The memory of Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year dictatorship—marked by death squads, torture chambers, and the ruthless suppression of dissent—remains raw. Yet, despite initial hopes for change, the
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