Senegal’s economy will grow 5% in 2021 thanks in part to solid industrial output, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, revising up a previous forecast of 3.5% growth for this year. The Fund said it had reached a staff-level agreement with the West African nation that could pave the[Read More…]
Year: 2021
Gambian Election Campaign: A Cocktail Of Fanfare, Tension And Fear
Campaigning for Gambia’s December 4th presidential election has been taking place in a largely carnival atmosphere but beyond this feel-good facade lurks a perceptible cocktail of tension and fear over its possible aftermath. The knives are out, the campaign rhetoric from all sides has hardened, and the plot and sub-plot[Read More…]
Disgraced Ex-president Jammeh Looms Over Gambia Election
At a pre-election rally last month, supporters of Gambia’s main opposition coalition cheered the opening of the star attraction – a speech by former President Yahya Jammeh delivered over a crackly phone line from exile 2,000 miles away. “(President) Adama Barrow destroyed everything good I left for Gambians to benefit[Read More…]
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