Africa
The Gambia
Outgoing president: Yahya Jammeh (seized power during the 1994 coup D'Etat)
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Recent News:
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The Guardian - Yahya Jammeh leaves the Gambia after 22 years of rule
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Al Jazeera - Adama Barrow pledges truth commission over Yahya Jammeh
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BBC - Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves the Gambia after losing election
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Background Information:
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The Commonwealth - The Gambia: Economy
- Human Rights Watch: Gambia
- BBC - Gambia political crisis: What happens next?
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Life under Jammeh's rule - human rights abuses:
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Human Rights Watch - Gambia: Events of 2015
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Amnesty International - Gambia has ridden itself of Yahya Jammeh - the world must not forget it when the news cycle moves on
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Amnesty - Gambia: Dangerous to dissent: Human rights under threat in Gambia
On President Adam Barrow:
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The Guardian - Adama Barrow: from Argos security guard to president of the Gambia
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BBC - Gambia elections: President-elect Adama Barrow's life story
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South Sudan
Latest News:
Guardian: US eases sanctions against Sudan, citing humanitarian improvements
Boomberg: Sudan Foreign Minister wants U.S. to remove terror sponsor label
Sudan Tribune: South Sudan bans NGOs from operating in rebel-controlled area
​Vice News: South Sudan rejects new peacekeeping troop even as citizens continue to flee
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Basic background information:
Vox: The conflict in South Sudan, explained
BBC: South Sudan: What is the fighting about?
Vox video: South Sudan may be heading towards genocide
Youtube video: South Sudan, the World's Newest Country
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More reports/ articles:
BBC: South Sudan Country profile
Mercy Corps: Quick facts: What you need to know about the South Sudan crisis
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More reports/articles:
Telegraph:Tom Hiddleston criticised for 'white saviour' Golden Globes speech
Aljazeera: UN: 'Ethnic cleansing under way' in South Sudan
The Telegraph: UN peacekeepers in South Sudan 'turned blind eye' to rape and abuse of American aid workers
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More videos/ documentaries/podcasts/books:
Book: They poured fire on us by Ajak Deng
University of Oxford podcast: FMR 36 What hope for IDPs in a new Sudan
BBC podcast: South Sudan – can the world’s youngest country survive?
Al Jazeera documentary: What's gone wrong in South Sudan?
Vice news documentary: Saving South Sudan