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Intel
Country Profile
Gambia
🇬🇲
Gambia
Africa
/ Western Africa
Banjul
2.5M
Capital
Banjul
GDP (USD)
N/A
Government
N/A
Head of State
N/A
Key Drivers
No key drivers identified.
Recent Intelligence
12
HIGH
SEV 74
·
security
Sudan’s UN warns of sexual violence as a “weapon of war” — and Gaza’s church diplomacy tests global resolve
Sudan
UN rights office
sexual violence
weapon of war
HIGH
SEV 72
·
security
Ebola surges in DR Congo as aid strains—while ECOWAS and Kenya push back on outbreaks
Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa
ECOWAS ambulances
ELEVATED
SEV 72
·
security
Nigeria’s security overhaul, arrests threats, and prison strikes—what’s next for West Africa’s stability?
Anambra traditional rulers
Electoral Act review
prison officers industrial action
Operation Hadin Kai
HIGH
SEV 72
·
diplomacy
US-Iran deal talks threaten Hormuz reopening—while India arms ASEAN and the Philippines leans in
US-Iran deal
Strait of Hormuz
sanctions easing
Iran blockade
HIGH
SEV 72
·
security
U.S. disables ships near Iran as mine fears and Ormuz tensions rise—are peace talks stalling?
Gulf of Oman
Iran blockade
U.S. Central Command
Strait of Hormuz
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
security
Nigeria moves troops on two fronts—kidnap rescues at home and ECOWAS peace deployment abroad
ISWAP informant
Operation HADIN KAI
Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole
kidnap victims rescued
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
security
Russia’s “African Corps” in Libya, US-Cuba talks at Guantánamo, and a new Iran-blockade clash at sea
Guantanamo rare meeting
Cuban military leaders
Iran blockade
maritime interdiction
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
Russia signals a “second wave” of arms transfers to Ukraine-linked states while expanding embassies across West Africa
Alexander Stepanov
second wave of transfers
TASS
Anatoly Bashkin
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
political
Nigeria’s election calm meets corruption and court fights—while Gambia’s UN trust push signals a wider governance test
INEC certificates of return
Biodun Oyebanji
Kano PRP nomination forms
Rabiu Kwankwaso
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
economy
Africa’s clean-cooking push collides with fertilizer shortages and a fresh UK legal fight over EACOP
IEA clean cooking Africa
Gambia rice farmers
urea fertilizer shortage
EACOP pipeline
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
economy
ECOWAS backs a Nigeria–Morocco gas pipeline—while West Africa becomes Europe’s new cocaine gateway
ECOWAS
Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline
Maghreb-Europe
Dakar port
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
144 migrants feared dead off Mauritania as UN details a deadly week at sea—what’s driving the surge?
UNHCR
Mauritania
Nouadhibou
migrants dead or missing