According to a new study, peaceful countries are getting more peaceful while the violent are getting more violent.
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Despite threatening to behead gays, His Excellency President Professor Doctor just wants to be liked.
The Gambia: A Dictator’s Anti-Media War
Since the 1994 coup d’état that saw President Yahya Jammeh rise to power, the Gambian media has been forced to work under repressive and restrictive conditions. The disappearance of editors and journalists, destruction of property and threat of imprisonment and harm by Jammeh’s National Intelligence Agency officers mean Gambian media outlets must either praise the ruling party or close their doors. Alagi Yorro Jallow, once an editor of a now closed private Gambian publication, discusses the Gambian government crackdown on the media and regulations under which a Gambian journalist must work.