Showing posts with label Gambia politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gambia politics. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Yahya Jammeh, the West, and the Politics of African Sovereignty: Examining a Controversial Relationship


Yahya Jammeh of Gambia

Yahya Jammeh of Gambia


Many African leaders think they have had enough of colonial masters and wouldn't like to do anything with them. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Yahya Jammeh of Gambia are two of them. 


They suddenly became enemies because of their views on homosexuality and the fact that the West finds it hard to deal with them.  In fact, the West and America pray to see an immediate end to the governments of Mugabe and Jammeh.