Gambia: 'Let's Go Take Back Our Country'
Stuart ReidIn the dark hours of the morning on December 30, 2014, eight men gathered in a graveyard a mile down the road from the official residence of Yahya Jammeh, the president of the Gambia. The...
View ArticleGambia's Dictator—and Others—Who Love America
Stuart ReidFor those of us lucky enough to live in democracies, it is comforting to imagine foreign dictators as wholly foreign. The world seems less complicated when an autocrat fits the stereotype:...
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Stuart ReidForeign Affairs editor Stuart Reid discusses his project, "Gambia's Dictator and the Failed Coup" where he reports on Gambia, a West African country that is home to fewer than two million...
View ArticleSixteen Years Ago, a Tragedy that Would Ignite a Coup Attempt in The Gambia
Stuart A. ReidIn a way, the 2014 coup attempt in the small West African country of The Gambia began 14 years earlier. Back in 2000, many Gambians hadn’t yet made up their minds about Yahya Jammeh—the...
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