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  Gambia, The - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
GAMBIA, THE [Gambia, The], officially Republic of The Gambia, republic (2005 est.
The Gambia's population consists primarily of Muslim ethnic groups; the Malinke (Mandinka) is the largest, followed by the Fulani (Fula), Wolof, Diola (Jola), and Soninke (Serahuli).
The Gambia was shaken in 1981 by a coup attempt by junior-ranking soldiers; it was put down with the intervention of Senegalese troops.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gambia.html   (1286 words)

  
 Gambia
Situated on a sandy peninsula between the mouth of the Gambia River and the Atlantic Ocean, Banjul, the capital, was founded by the British as Bathurst in 1816 as a base for suppressing the slave trade.
Gambia is the smallest country in Africa with a total area of 4,363 square miles (11,300 square kilometers), slightly less than twice the size of Delaware.
Gambia has a generally good human rights record, and there is a great desire among its peoples to have the country taken seriously in the world community.
www.everyculture.com /Cr-Ga/Gambia.html   (3612 words)

  
 Gambia - MSN Encarta
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.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571438_4/Gambia.html   (897 words)

  
 A short history of the Gambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Present-day Gambia belongs to the Empire of Ghana and since the 10th century to Songhai.
In 1889 Britain agrees with France to established the present boundaries and Gambia became a British crown colony, divided since 1901 for administrative purposes into the colony (city of Banjul and the surrounding area) and the protectorate (remainder of the territory).
The parliamentary elections of 2002 are boycotted by the UDP.
www.electionworld.org /history/gambia.htm   (473 words)

  
 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 withdrew from the confederation in 1989.
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 History - Gambia - Africa
Jawara retained the presidency of The Gambia in the elections of 1982 and 1987.
Jawara was reelected as president of The Gambia in 1992.
Under international pressure to hold democratic elections, Jammeh oversaw the promulgation of a new constitution that virtually guaranteed him victory in September 1996 presidential elections through candidate age limits and financial restrictions on political parties.
www.countriesquest.com /africa/gambia/history.htm   (490 words)

  
 Cesspools of Corruption -- Florida 2000, Ohio 2004, and then?
As The Gambia gears up for presidential elections in September, questions are being raised about the preparations for the polls, but a clampdown on local journalists means independent scrutiny is in short supply.
Sarr said by the time the elections come he expects tens of thousands of foreigners will have been registered to take part in Gambia’s unique elections process, which involves voters dropping a marble into a barrel rigged with a bell at the bottom.
In the run-up to the last elections, opposition politician Darboe said campaigners for his party were harassed and beaten.
www.progress.org /2006/gambia01.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Restaurants in Gambia Restaurant Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Gambia: Jammeh Addresses New CabinetAllAfrica.com, Washington - 22 hours agoThe Vice-president, Ajaratou Isatou Njie-Saidy, ten secretaries of state, the secretary-general and secretary to cabinet were last Friday sworn in at State...
Gambia: New arrivals from SenegalReuters AlertNet, UK - 5 hours agoOver 800 arrived across the border between Senegal and Gambia during the second half of October, bringing the total to more than 6,200 Senegalese refugees in...
UN Day: Gambia in for UN ReformThe Point, Gambia - 21 hours agoThe Gambia is convinced of the need to reform the United Nations so that it upholds and reflects the principles of equity, parity and fair representation...
www.diningguide411.com /restaurants/Gambia   (307 words)

  
 Gambia, The (09/06)
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.
Following The Gambia's successful presidential and legislative elections in October 2001 and January 2002, respectively, the U.S. Government determined that a democratically elected government had assumed office and thus lifted the sanctions it had imposed against The Gambia in accordance with Section 508 of the Foreign Assistance Act as a result of the 1994 coup.
The U.S. Embassy in The Gambia is situated in Fajara on Kairaba Avenue, formerly known as Pipeline Road.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5459.htm   (3164 words)

  
 Gambia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Gambia: Jammeh Addresses New CabinetAllAfrica.com,andnbsp;Washingtonandnbsp;- 22 hours agoThe Vice-president, Ajaratou Isatou Njie-Saidy, ten secretaries of state, the secretary-general and secretary to cabinet were last Friday sworn in at State...
Gambia: New arrivals from SenegalReuters AlertNet,andnbsp;UKandnbsp;- 5 hours agoOver 800 arrived across the border between Senegal and Gambia during the second half of October, bringing the total to more than 6,200 Senegalese refugees in...
UN Day: Gambia in for UN ReformThe Point,andnbsp;Gambiaandnbsp;- 21 hours agoThe Gambia is convinced of the need to reform the United Nations so that it upholds and reflects the principles of equity, parity and fair representation...
teonix.net /en/reg-Gambia-211.html   (635 words)

  
 Politics of the Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By-elections were held on September 29, in which NADD retained three of the four seats.
Gambia is a one party dominant state with the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction in power.
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_The_Gambia   (1131 words)

  
 Gambia, The
The Gambia’s presidential and legislative elections in 2001 and 2002 were internationally recognized as free and fair, despite some shortcomings.
The Gambia was among the first countries in Africa to sign an Article 98 agreement with the United States.
The Gambia is eligible in FY 2007 to receive Excess Defense Articles (EDA) on a grant basis under Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act.
www.state.gov /t/pm/64664.htm   (612 words)

  
 Winne.com - Report on Gambia, Open for business
Contact between the Gambia and Western Europe commenced in the fifteenth century when Portuguese explorers landed on what later became known as St. Mary's Island in 1445.
The Constitution of the Second Republic of The Gambia provides for elections by universal adult suffrage to adults 18 and above through secret ballot to be held every five years to elect 45 candidates who constitute the country's National Assembly, complemented by 4 nominated members.
At the higher level are the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council, the latter being the highest court of appeal for the Gambia.
www.winne.com /gambia/bf04.html   (849 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa
In accordance with the timetable for the transition to a democratically elected government, the commission has drafted a new constitution for The Gambia to be approved or disapproved in a referendum to be held August 7, 1996.
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held on September 11, 1996 and legislative elections on December 11, 1996.
In FY 1995, the U.K. was The Gambia's major export market, accounting for 26 percent total, followed by Senegal with 22 percent and France with 21 percent.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/gambia9607.html   (2263 words)

  
 Gambia Health and Education Liaison Project
The Gambia, a country on the western coast of Africa, fronting the Atlantic Ocean.
Following independence, The Gambia was regarded by Westerners as a stable democracy until a bloodless military coup in 1994 removed its president.
The coastal villages of The Gambia engage in fishing.
www.gambiahelp.org /facts.html   (2618 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Q&A: Gambia votes
Gambia's president, who is head of both the government and state, is elected by popular vote for unlimited five-year terms.
Gambia's elections are organised an Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), made up of five presidential appointees.
A Commonwealth team has visited Gambia to assess the level of preparedness for the elections, but few international bodies are known to be sending observers.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/5352242.stm   (874 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Gambia
Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the United Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 22nd September presidential election, is contesting the election results at the High Court in Banjul.
Barely three days to the Gambia's decisive match against Mali in the CAF U-20 qualifier campaign, the head coach of the national U-20 team Peter Bonu Johnson has broken silence on the state of preparedness of his promising team.
Professor Andreas L Steigen, Vice Chancellor of the University of the Gambia accompanied by Fatou Lamin Faye, Secretary of State for Education yesterday paid a courtesy call on President Yahya Jammeh at State House.
allafrica.com /gambia/bydate/?n=2   (1286 words)

  
 Gambia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Gambia became a British Crown colony in 1843 and an independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations on Feb. 18, 1965.
Jammeh promised new elections, which were held in Sept. 1996 and which he won with 55% of the vote.
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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 GAMBIA (THE): parliamentary elections National Assembly, 2002
Elections were held for all seats in the National Assembly on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
Officials said the turnout appeared much lower than that for the October 2001 presidential election, which President Yahya Jammeh, who first took power in Gambia in a 1994 coup, had won by a comfortable margin.
The ruling APRC won a resounding victory in the legislative elections.
www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2117_02.htm   (409 words)

  
 ..::The Gambia Journal Online::..
He further told the assembled journalists that the Government of the Gambia has on its part contributed an amount of D120 million for the elections to be allocated over the period 2005 to 2008, by which time all three presidential, National Assembly and local government elections would have been done with.
Carayol further revealed that the IEC plans to increase the number of polling stations from 832 to 938 and counting stations from 28 to 48.
The Gambia Journal has no political affiliation with any political organization and would, as a matter of strict principle, refuse to be used by any person or group as a means to achieving political ends.
www.thegambiajournal.com /artman/publish/article_308.shtml   (417 words)

  
 Zimbabwe's dictator Mugabe plays upon western hypocrisy: April 2002
The people of the Ivory Coast fought and won back their stolen election, resulting in property destruction and loss of life, without the West reacting-other than to claim that the political victory of the Ivorians was undemocratic.
Many elections on the African continent are criticized for not being free and fair-like Kenya's-without these countries suffering from talk of western-imposed sanctions.
The white minority support for the MDC and the involvement of past colonial masters in the elections was a heaven-sent blessing for the dictator Mugabe.
www.newsandletters.org /Issues/2002/April/zim_apr02.htm   (950 words)

  
 IRIN-WA Weekly 256 covering 18 Dec-24 Dec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Burkinabe consul in Gagnoa said seven Burkinabe immigrants in the area were subsequently shot and hacked to death in a nearby town in reprisal killings.
Liberia's National Elections Commission has announced that voter registration for next year's presidential elections will start in April, but the independent body has warned that it will need US$17.5 million to organise the poll and not a cent has been forthcoming so far.
Deyda Hydara, a newspaper and veteran campaigner for press freedom, was shot three times in the head on the night of 16 December when the car in which he was travelling came under fire.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=44813   (844 words)

  
 AllGambian.net| Reflection on The Gambia's Presidential Elections - September 22, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Before the election I opined that whatever the result our struggle continues and I maintained the same view today.
I also opined that political parties and periodic elections are not the solution to our problems in The Gambia.
Unfortunately, this is a long term undertaking and it does not mean overthrowing the government, instead it is simply a demand by we the people of the Gambia our due rights under the law.
www.allgambian.net /opinion_493.htm   (869 words)

  
 News Focus: Gambia
BANJUL, 22 Sep 2006 (IRIN) - Calm prevailed throughout The Gambia on Friday as thousands of people around the tiny West African country queued up for hours in the baking heat and then driving rain to cast their ballots in the presidential election.
Yet, he says he plans to cast a vote in The Gambia’s presidential elections later this month — in fact, he’s already been issued with a voter card.
BANJUL, 7 Jul 2006 (IRIN) - As The Gambia gears up for presidential elections in September questions are being raised about the preparations for the polls, but a clampdown on local journalists means independent scrutiny is in short supply.
www.africafocus.org /country/gambia_irin.php   (419 words)

  
 IFES Election Guide - Country Profile: The Gambia - Elections
In his first public reaction to the declaration of the results of last Friday's presidential elections the leader of the main opposition UDP party, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has said he does not accept the results of the elections.
To vote in presidential elections, Gambians use a unique marble system which was introduced more than 40 years ago to address the high illiteracy problem in the country.
As the campaign for the 22 September presidential election got under way today in Gambia, Reporters Without Borders said repeated attacks on the press and free expression meant the polling would be neither free nor fair.
www.electionguide.org /country-news.php?ID=80   (443 words)

  
 Elections in the Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections in Gambia gives information on election and election results in Gambia.
Gambia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
The most recent Gambian presidential election was held on September 22, 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Gambia   (285 words)

  
 Panapress Official Website
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Commonwealth Observer Group in its initial report on Gambia's Friday presidential election said balloting was smooth on polling day, but expressed concern over the electioneering process.
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The opposition National Convention Party (NCP) Thursday announced it is backing the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) in the 22 September presidential elections, and called on its supporters to vote for incumbent President Yahya Jammeh.
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ahead of Gambia's 22 September presidential poll, Halifa Sallah, leader of the opposition National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD), Wednesday, said the country's ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) was not practising true democracy.
www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?code=eng021   (668 words)

  
 afrol News - Gambia press crackdown intensifies before elections
He had been given the job of covering the election campaign of the opposition UDP-NRP-GPDP alliance, which is backing lawyer Ousainou Darboe as presidential candidate.
Mr Sanneh is the 10th journalist to be arrested in Gambia since the start of the year.
The country's most outspoken newspaper, 'The Independent' had been targeted several times since 2004, but the government's final attack came on 28 March this year, when it was prevented from publishing and its senior staff was illegally detained by the NIA for several weeks.
www.afrol.com /articles/21276   (877 words)

  
 Gambia Elections News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
I didn't sue the president of The Gambia.
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www.einnews.com /gambia/newsfeed-gambia-elections   (889 words)

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