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Der Artikel gibt einen Überblick über Innenpolitik, Außenpolitik und die sozioökonomische Entwicklung in Gambia im Jahr 2009

In Gambia, where there is a great deal of political uncertainty and free expression is constantly undermined by a volatile environment, it is often journalists and political opponents that are the most most vulnerable. Following the Jul 1994 military coup on the 22 Jul 1994 that ended the 30-year rule of Gambia's immediate post-independence leader Sir Dawda Jawara's 30 years of democratic rule, many Gambians were confident that the tiny west African nation has would develop a thriving democracy unencumbered by corruption and cronyism. But 19 years later such hopes are all but dead. Coup leader Yahya Jammeh is still in power, the president of a government notorious for violations of human rights. His regime has a shameful record of arbitrary arrests, suppression of the press, and intimidation of journalists. Here, Jammeh reports Gambia's ongoing battle for free expression. Adapted from the source document.