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[The Standard - The Gambia] - 16/02/2026
The architecture of predation in The Gambia By Lamin Dave Manneh In December, I diagnosed The Gambia’s state as a predatory system. That analysis established what the architecture is: a machinery that fuses presidential authority with sacred kingship (Mansayaa) and mystifies theft through (…)
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