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	The Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gambia was once part of the Empire of Ghana and the Songhai Empire.
		The Gambia withdrew from the confederation in 1989.
		The Gambia is a very small and narrow country with the border based on the Gambia River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Gambia (1460 words)

	Gambian Bibliography - Second Republic
		Military ruler in Gambia defeats rivals in election.
		Having "rescued" the Gambia from the clutches of a deeply corrupt elite who have skimmed off a great deal of the country's cream over the last 30 years, the military is now in danger of doing even more damage to the economy than their predecessors.
		Gambian Pres Dawda Jawara was ousted in a military coup on Jul 22, 1994.
	www.africanculture.dk /gambia/biblio/citations/2ndrep.htm (1281 words)

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		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).
		Gambia, The, republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, situated on the western coast of Africa, surrounded on the north, east, and south by Senegal, and bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
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	Gambia (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		Treaty of Paris: Britain retained all of the Sénégal, except for Gorée Island; Gambia was not affected by the Treaty, and the French reoccupied Albreda
		Nothing was done, however, to secure for the Gambia a suitable hinterland, and in 1877 the 4th earl of Carnarvon (then colonial secretary) warned British traders that they proceeded beyond McCarthy's Isle at their own risk.
		This document fixed the frontier of the British protectorate inland at a radius of 10 miles from the centre of the town of Yarbatenda; which town is situated at the limit of navigability of the Gambia from the sea.
	www.regiments.org /nations/africa/gambia.htm (1411 words)

	Military of the Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The army consists of infantry battalions, the national guard, and the navy, all under the authority of the Department of State for Defense (a ministerial portfolio held by President Jammeh).
		Members of the Gambian military have participated in ECOMOG, the West African force deployed during the Liberian civil war beginning in 1990.
		Responsibilities for internal security and law enforcement rest with the Gambian police/gendarme force under the Inspector General of Police and the Ministry of Interior.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_the_Gambia (201 words)

	THE GAMBIA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		It is the smallest country within the African continent and is entirely surrounded by Senegal, with the Gambia_River emptying into the Atlantic_Ocean in its center.
		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.
		The Gambia is a very small and narrow country with the border based on the Gambia_River.
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	The Gambia biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		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 Atlantic Ocean.
		A military coup in 1994 overthrew the president and banned political activity, but a 1996 constitution and presidential elections, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, completed a nominal return to civilian rule.
		The Gambia has benefited from a rebound in tourism after its decline in response to the military's takeover in July 1994.
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	The people (from The Gambia) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Essentially, The Gambia is a strip of land 15 to 30 miles (25 to 50 kilometres) wide and 295 miles long on either bank of the Gambia River; except for a short coastline, it is surrounded by Senegal.
		In April a demonstration in Banjul called by the Gambia Students' Union to protest the torture and murder of a...
		A republic and member of the Commonwealth, The Gambia extends from the Atlantic Ocean along the lower Gambia River in West Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-54951?tocId=54951 (782 words)

	Gambia, The (10/05)
		The Gambia contributed 150 troops to Liberia in 2003 as part of the ECOMIL contingent.
		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 (3085 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Gambia slips towards repression
		But the wave of arrests after the poll may indicate that President Jammeh's government, which first came to power in a military coup, is reverting to its old repressive ways now that the foreign observers have left the country.
		The Amnesty International representative in Gambia was detained after telling the BBC about the earlier arrests of opposition activists.
		Gambia's former military coup leader won the elections, standing as a civilian, partly by appealing to the youth.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/africa/1620519.stm (563 words)

	NTU Info Centre: The Gambia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Republic of the Gambia is a nation in West Africa.
		The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave 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.
		The Gambia achieved independence on February 18, 1965, as a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:The_Gambia (634 words)

	Gambia
		The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989.
		A military coup in 1994 overthrew the president and banned political activity, but a new 1996 constitution and presidential elections (with parliamentary elections planned for this year) have completed a nominal return to civilian rule.
		Before the military coup The Gambia was led by President Dawda Kairaba Jawara, who had been re-elected five times.
	www.airstreamcomm.net /~cvfsc/Countries/Gambia.htm (241 words)

	GAMBIA Visa Application; Tourist Visas, Business Visas, Expedited Visas - Gambia Page
		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 nominal return to civilian rule.
		The Gambia recently emerged from its isolation to accept a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council during 1998-99.
		The Gambia is a predominantly Muslim country and care should be taken to dress moderately, especially away from the tourist areas.
	www.travisa.com /Gambia/gambiaportal.html (432 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.
		Since the military coup, freedom of speech has been severely restricted and the right to form political parties in opposition to the government has been banned.
		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. In: Amnesty International Report 1998
		Also, all individuals who had been president, vice-president or a government minister during the 30 years before the military coup were forbidden from engaging in political activities.
		The government stated that he died of a blood disorder, but sources at the hospital claimed he was vomiting blood, could not speak and had injuries to the genitals when he was brought to hospital three days before he died.
		Gambia: Open letter to members of Parliament of the Gambia.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/gambia/document.do?id=D9DF27030ADA127880256A0F005C029D (1080 words)

	Gambia, The -> Government on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Gambia is headed by a president who is popularly elected for a five-year term.
		The unicameral legislature consists of a 49-seat house of representatives; 45 members are elected and 5 are appointed by the president.
		The constitution of 1970 was suspended in 1994 after a military coup; a rewritten version was established in 1997.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Gambia_Government.asp (468 words)

	Commonwealth - CMAG REPORT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON GAMBIA, SIERRA LEONE AND NIGERIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		CMAG has sought to support and assist the Government of The Gambia in the implementation of a credible transition from military rule to civilian democratic governance.
		Urge the Government of The Gambia to demonstrate its stated commitment to the principles of the Harare Commonwealth Declaration in respect of human rights and the rule of law, through the creation of a more tolerant political environment, including the repeal of the Schedule to Decree No. 89, which proscribes certain political parties and individuals.
		The military coup d'etat of 25 May 1997 was a tragically retrograde step, which in accordance with the Millbrook Action Programme was roundly condemned by the Commonwealth Secretary-General and by CMAG.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/Internalchogm.asp?NodeID=33319&PrintFriendly=True (1674 words)

	Industry (from The Gambia) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The crop is sold to agents of the Gambia Produce Marketing Board, which fixes the season's price in advance, pays the producers in cash, and sells the crop overseas.
		Industry in The Gambia is largely confined to plants that process peanuts, though local crafts are produced in villages throughout the country.
		The Gambia does engage in a relatively large volume of trade, however.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-54955?tocId=54955 (680 words)

	Diasporian News of Tuesday, 9 August 2005
		Ten (10) Ghanaians arrested by Para military of the Gambia were transported to a border village —Amdalai near Senegal and ordered not to return to The Gambia.
		They were held by the para military for a week and were made to work on farms and tortured.
		Their neighbours indicated that during the police raid, only the Ghanaians were picked for allegedly spreading the information that the police were responsible for the death of the 8.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=87656 (185 words)

	Gambia, The
		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.
		A military coup led by Capt. Yahya Jammeh deposed the president in July 1994, suspended the constitution, and banned existing political parties.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107560.html (641 words)

	Alternative Press Index: Volume 28
		A significant group of military interventions, especially in West Africa, has been carried out not by disaffected senior officers, but by junior officers and NCOs--the militariat, occupying a class position within the army analogous to the working class within society as a whole.
		Comparison of Liberia under the PRC (1980-89), Sierra Leone under the NPRC (1992-96) and the Gambia under the AFPRC (1994) shows that instead the regimes are marked by violence and instability, and in two cases by the outbreak of civil war.
		These characteristics are attributed to the lumpen culture of the militariat, to its subversion of military discipline, and to the decay of political and social institutions under the precursor regimes.
	www.altpress.org /1996_g.htm (2513 words)

	Gambia: Democratic reform without human rights
		The three political parties, which had existed before military rule, remain banned and all individuals who had held the office of President, Vice-President or government minister during the thirty years prior to the military coup are forbidden from engaging in political activities.
		It is reported that a senior military member of the government was present and even encouraging the military in their acts of violence.
		In June 1997 four men were sentenced to death by the High Court of the Gambia after being convicted of charges of treason for trying to overthrow the government in an armed attack on Farafenni military camp in November 1996.
	www.amnestyusa.org /abolish/document.do?id=6F6BD974923626CE8025690000692D20 (3787 words)

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	Military Of Gambia, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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	Government - Gambia - Africa
		Until the military took over The Gambia’s government in a bloodless coup in 1994, the country was governed by a 1970 constitution.
		Under military President Yahya Jammeh, a new constitution was approved by public referendum in August 1996 and came into effect in January 1997.
		Minor civil and criminal cases are tried in group tribunals.
	www.countriesquest.com /africa/gambia/government.htm (168 words)

	The Gambia, history of -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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		The end of the colonial period and the establishment during 1957–76 of all the former colonies as independent states was attributable both to a change in European attitudes toward Africa and the possession of colonies and to an African reaction to colonial rule born of the economic and social changes it had produced.
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	The Gambia - Military
		18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2001)
		Military expenditures - dollar figure - per capita:
		This page was last updated on 26 October, 2005
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	UKBookworld.com old, rare and out-of-print book database
		Post war life in Gambia Africa, as a young doctor helps with farm mechanisation in 1947.
		British soldier and colonial official (1869-1933), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate, 1920-7.
		LETTER TWO: 'I should like Lord Lugard to be my Chairman when I read my Paper on the "Gambia Colony and Protectorate" at your Meeting on the 22nd May, and failing him, Sir Mathew Nathan'.
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	NiiCa - Republic Of The Gambia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Independence: 18 February 1965 (from UK; The Gambia and Senegal signed an agreement on 12 December 1981 that called for the creation of a loose confederation to be known as Senegambia, but the agreement was dissolved on 30 September 1989)
		The Gambia practices a democratic system of government where there is a Head Of State and a House Of Representatives meaning the people choose their government by electing members of parliament.
		The House Of Representatives: The House of Representatives is often called Parliament, commonly used in many countries to describe the group of people who represent the citizens.
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