Gambia (Vol 11, 2014)
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Throughout the year, opposition media and diasporic civil organisations denounced President Jammeh’s repressive regime, but events showed that, despite increasing popular disaffection, his grip on the country remained strong. In the early hours of 30 December, the Presidential Guard rapidly countered an attack by a group of armed men on the Presidential Palace in the capital, Banjul. Repression of alleged dissidents and civilians started immediately after the foiled attack. The closure of the border with Senegal in the first part of the year had economic consequences for both the Gambia and the Casamance. The late beginning of the rainy season compromised crop production. Rising food prices and an annual inflation rate of 6.1% seriously reduced the spending power of Gambian households.
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Gambia (Vol 11, 2014)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Alice Bellagamba in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,404 words)