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  History of the Gambia, The
The Gambia was once part of the Empire of Ghana and the Kingdom of the Songhais.
An 1889 agreement with France established the present boundaries, and The Gambia became a British Crown Colony, divided for administrative purposes into the colony (city of Banjul and the surrounding area) and the protectorate (remainder of the territory).
The Gambia gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989.
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 Gambia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
The cost of The Gambia’s yearly imports is usually much more than its export earnings; in 2003 imports totaled $163 million and exports were valued at $5 million.
Tourists from Europe began to visit The Gambia in the 1960s, and by the mid-1970's tourism had become an important sector of the economy.
Foreign visitors come to The Gambia for the winter sunshine and to enjoy the beaches, bird life, excursions on the Gambia River, and the traditions of the Gambian people.
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 Gambia - MSN Encarta
In the 2000 school year 156,800 children were enrolled in primary school (85 percent of this age group), while 56,200 were enrolled in a secondary school (34 percent of secondary school-aged children).
The Gambia’s economy is largely dependent on agriculture.
The coastal villages of The Gambia engage in fishing.
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 The Gambia Information Center - good flight deals to the gambia
The PIEC was food aid the gambia transformed to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in 1997 and became responsible for registration of voters and conduct of elections and referenda.
Provisional figures from the 2003 census show that graph that shows the religions republic of the gambia in the gambia the gap between the urban peace corps the gambia and rural map of the gambia populations is narrowing as more areas are declared urban.
While urban migration, development projects, birds of the gambia and modernization are bringing more Gambians into contact with Western habits and values, the traditional emphasis on the extended family, as well as indigenous forms of dress and celebration, remain integral parts of everyday map the gambia life.
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 Gambia, The
Gambia was once part of the Empire of Ghana and the Songhai Empire.
The Gambia is a very small and narrow country with the border based on the Gambia River.
The Gambia has a liberal, market-based economy characterized by traditional subsistence agriculture, a historic reliance on groundnuts (peanuts) for export earnings, a re-export trade built up around its ocean port, low import duties, minimal administrative procedures, a fluctuating exchange rate with no exchange controls, and a significant tourism industry.
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 The Gambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
The Republic of The Gambia is a nation of western Africa entirely surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline which the outlet of the Gambia River to the North Atlantic Ocean.
During the late 17th century and throughout the 18th England and France struggled continuously for political and commercial in the regions of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers.
The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of The Gambia but the retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on north bank of the river which was to the United Kingdom in 1857.
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 Gambia Travel Guide | Gambia Travel Information Guide
The River Gambia was known to the Carthaginians in the fifth century BC, and subsequently the area became part of several successive African empires.
Although The Gambia is Africa's smallest nation, it offers landscapes and attractions of great diversity, ranging from broad, sandy beaches on the Atlantic to lush tropical forests, swamps, marshes and large areas of wooded savannah.
The Gambia is a thin strip of land of mainly low-lying plateaus that runs inland and is packed with exotic sights and sounds for the visitor.
www.worldtravelguide.net /country/96/country_guide/Africa/Gambia.html   (326 words)

  
 Gambia Health and Education Liaison Project
Jawara retained the presidency of The Gambia in the elections of 1982 and 1987, and the confederation with Senegal collapsed in 1989.
Despite accusations of corruption and misrule, Jawara was reelected as president of The Gambia in 1992.
The Gambia began to develop its own armed forces for the first time after the 1981 coup attempt, and in the early 1990s the young officers of this force grew impatient with their meager pay and with government corruption.
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 The Gambia - Gurupedia
The Republic of The Gambia is a nation of western Africa, entirely surrounded by Senegal, except for a short coastline which is the outlet of the Gambia River to the North
In 1588, the claimant to the Portuguese throne, Antonio, Prior of Crato, sold exclusive trade rights on The Gambia River to English merchants; this grant was confirmed by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I.
Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the north bank of the river which was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1857.
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 The Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa.
It is the smallest country on the African continental mainland and is bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, and has a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west.
The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Portugal
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Gambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
The new generation of the Gambia is putting forces together in lifting the flag of our dear mama land, our beloved country-The Gambia to higher heights.
It is the smallest country on the African continent and is entirely surrounded on land by Senegal, with the Gambia River emptying into the Atlantic Ocean in its center.
Between 1651 and 1661 Gambia was (indirectly) a colony of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; it was purchased by the Courlandish prince Jakub Kettler.
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 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Gambia including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
The Gambia is a small independent republic on the bulge of Africa and forms part of the West African Region.
It consists of a narrow strip of land on either side of the Gambia River and is almost surrounded by Senegal.
The airlines which fly to the Gambia are British Airways, Nigerian Airways and Ghana Airways and the national carrier, Gambia Airways.
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 Bird watching trip report - Gambia - surfbirds.com
As a field guide, we used Barlow et al's A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal, which we found to be pretty good, though we became aware of some of its limitations and a small number of errors (e.g.
We booked through The Gambia Experience, and were impressed with their organisation, the information sent in advance and the local reps. We flew with Monarch, from Gatwick to Banjul, taking about six hours ñ there are currently flights from Gatwick on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, with additional flights direct to Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow.
Travel in The Gambia is very straightforward, though the state of the roads away from the coastal resorts and Banjul means that it takes a long time to go anywhere.
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 allAfrica.com: Gambia
The Government of The Gambia has unveiled its development strategies for the year 2007 as it relates to the major sectors of the economy.
Throughout the mid-1980s and early 1990s, The Gambia successfully implemented a wide range of financial and structural reforms.
Ever since independence in 1965 The Gambia's foreign policy has been militating around two geopolitical factors, the country's small size and the fact that it is an enclave lying in the belly of Senegal.
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 Gambia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
The Portuguese were the first European explorers, encountering the Gambia River in 1455, and in 1681 the French founded an enclave at Albredabut.
Gambia became a British Crown colony in 1843 and an independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations on Feb. 18, 1965.
Gambia, river, Africa - Gambia, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon, N Guinea, W Africa, and...
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 The Gambia : Media and Communications : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965.
A military coup in 1994 overthrew the president and banned political activity, but a new 1996 constitution and presidential elections, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, have completed a return to civilian rule.
For Library of Congress contact information and additional reference and research materials on The Gambia consult the Library's African Section The Gambia Country web page.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/amed/gambia/resources/gambia-media.html   (402 words)

  
 Earth Negotiations Bulletin
The GAMBIA stressed the importance of a feedback mechanism to continuously review the clearing house.
Parties started discussing a draft decision on the periodicity of non-Annex I national communications, including a suggestion for a three-year cycle proposed by the EU, a four-year cycle from draft text discussed during SBI-19, and a six-year cycle proposed by the G-77/China.
In support of her delegation’s proposal, the EU, supported by JAPAN and the US, said, inter alia, that: capacity and infrastructure is enhanced after completion of initial national communications, facilitating the preparation of subsequent national communications; frequent submissions of national communications will result in more funds; and a longer time-frame will encourage inefficiency.
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 afrol News - Gambian journalist freed at last
Until his arrest and detention, Mr Mboob had been the communications officer of The Gambia's biggest referral hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital in the capital Banjul.
It was reported that Mr Malick was troubled by an e-mail he had sent to the editor of 'Freedom Newspaper', correcting a story the paper ran concerning the health of President Yahya Jammeh's mother.
Media rights groups abhorred incessant harassment, arrests and physical attacks on media in The Gambia and described it as a regrettable manifestation of deliberate intolerance of alternative views by the government.
www.afrol.com /articles/21906   (551 words)

  
 afrol News - Court refuses to acquit Gambian journalist
Having being incarcerated for 63 days in horrendous conditions, Lamin Fatty was released in June and charged with publishing false news, contrary to the laws of The Gambia.
Malick Mboob, a communications officer at The Gambia's main referral hospital, was stripped from his post shortly after he was arrested in May. He was among dozens of people who were arrested by the government that accused them for supplying damaging state information to a US-based Gambian online newspaper, 'Freedom'.
The Gambia is ranked among six "hot spots" in the African continent where media brutality has become the order of the day.
www.afrol.com /articles/22460   (547 words)

  
 Webb Communications System for Gambia
A cellphone communications system has been supplied by Webb Industries, a Jasco Group company, to a hospital in Gambia.
The hospital, which is located in Bwaim, some 150kms inland from Banjul the capital of Gambia, needed cellphone reception throughout the buildings and their surroundings.
Webb Industries is an acknowledged leader for the supply of cellphone communications systems to remote sites and has recently completed major projects in inaccessible areas where communication has previously proved impossible.
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 A Better Holiday with Gambia GTS - Communications and Stamps
As an ex British colony, the official language is English, and all of the modern communication systems are in place and working
The Gambia has Postal and Telephone services as well as Radio and some TV, there are no mail deliveries but mail goes to post boxes
Quite apart from communicating with the world, the stamps in the Gambia are a collectors delight, so philatelists take note, GTS can arrange to have any stamps sent either franked or un-franked.
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 Motorola Communications Servers - Embedded Communications Computing
Motorola's communications servers are open, standards-based systems that operate as a carrier-grade and flexible common platform for a wide range of communications applications.
Communications servers are the foundational communications computing platform upon which equipment manufacturers build network infrastructure elements such as VoIP media gateways, softswitches, IMS infrastructure; and wireless equipment such as RNC, GGSN and SGSN.
The Communications Server Alliance is an ecosystem of technology, service and solution providers aligned to provide standards-based solution elements for Motorola’s communications servers.
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 THE GAMBIA: First AIDS Documentary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
The fight against HIV/AIDS in the Gambia has been on now for quite a few years.
The good news is that the fight has been increasing in both velocity and momentum as the years go by.
Unique Solutions, a Gambian Information Technology and Multimedia Enterprise, in partnership with the National AIDS Control Programme in The Gambia decided to expand the fight against AIDS way beyond the borders of the Gambia, by taking our efforts at Education, Information and Communication about the AIDS pandemic to a worldwide audience.
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 Gambian journalist freed at last
Gambia: High Spate of Prostitution in The Muslim Country
Gambia: Five Years Since the Arrest of Hon.
“Gambia is a Case Under Study” - Mr.
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 Gambia | Phone, Mobile, Internet and Media Communications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Private media are severely restricted, with radio stations and newspapers having to pay large licence fees.
The government operates the only national television station, Gambia Television; Premium TV Network is a private satellite channel.
State-run national broadcaster Radio Gambia transmits programmes in English and local languages.
www.worldtravelguide.net /country/96/communications/Africa/Gambia.html   (238 words)

  
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Cerillion Technologies has signed an agreement to provide a complete CRM and Billing solution for Gamtel, the primary fixed wire communications provider in Gambia, and Gamcell, a wholly owned subsidiary providing GSM services.
For instance, many women have taken to fattening rams for the Muslim Tobaski feast, which are displayed and then sold at local markets.
When the first national television signals zoomed the airwaves in the Gambia in 1995, many pundits viewed this development as yet another white elephant project poised for the slammer.
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 THE GAMBIA: First AIDS Documentary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
NOVEMBER 2001 SENTINEL BULLETIN ON HIV/AIDS IN THE GAMBIA
If you find that you do require more information on AIDS/HIV in The Gambia, please do not hesitate to drop us an email requesting for help.
Please feel free to directly contact the source of these reports if need be.
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African Statistical Yearbook - country tables provided for Population, National Accounts, Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Industry, Transports & Communications, Foreign Trade, Prices, Finance, and Social Statistics.
IRIN Gambia Archive - humanitarian issues covered by the Integrated Regional Information Network.
Ethnologue: Gambia - list of languages and dialects.
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 Scala, Inc. - Gambia - Scala
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 Gamble's Gambia, Treganza Anthropology Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
The firm that manufactured them went out of business a number of years ago, no doubt due to the competition from Japanese machines, so I could not obtain a photograph from them."
A ferry across the River Gambia, the main highway of the territory.
Ferry services for passengers and vehicles are maintained at eight points and the river is navigable for 150 miles to ocean-going vessels
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