Yahya A. J. J. JammehPresident (pronounced "YAH-ya JA-may") "Our future and destiny lie squarely in our hands and certainly in agriculture." The Republic of the Gambia is named after the River Gambia which flows the...

Yahya (Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung) Jammeh (born May 25, 1965) is the President of The Gambia. As chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council, he took control of the country in a military coup in July 1994, and was elected as president two...

THE Swiss bank account and the African dictator go together like sex and the rock stallion. But not often does the world get to see the numbers-of the account and in it. On August 23rd 1995, Philippe Bidawid, of the Geneva branch...

Around Africa "People are sick and tired of African beggars. Nobody will ever develop your country for you. I am not criticising Nepad, but the way it was conceived to be dependent on begging." Yahya Jammeh speaks. Lokongo Bafalikike reports. "Africa's socio-economic...

A look at African countries where the government and others have questioned anti-retroviral drugs and advocated alternative treatment for AIDS.SOUTH AFRICA:_ President Thabo Mbeki has questioned the effectiveness of anti-retroviral drugs and challenged the link between HIV and AIDS. The health minister drew international condemnation...

From the pockets of his billowing white robe, Gambia's president pulls out a plastic container, closes his eyes in prayer and rubs a green herbal paste onto the ribcage of the patient _ a concoction he claims is a cure for AIDS.He then orders the...