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	Gambia, The (09/04)
		After the military coup, politicians from deposed President Jawara's People's Progressive Party (PPP) and other senior government officials were banned from participating in politics until July 2001.
		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 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.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5459.htm

	United Democratic Party: Welcome
		presented at the People’s Progressive Party Congress.
		election petition filed by a member of the ruling party
		The Gambia Chief Prosecutor, and Advisor to
	www.udpgambia.org /O_Darboe.htm

	Gambia, The -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002
		The Gambia achieved full self-government in 1963 and independence in 1965 under Dauda Kairaba Jawara and the People's Progressive party (PPP), made up of the predominant Malinke ethnic group.
		By the mid-1950s a legislative council had been formed, with members elected by the Gambian people, and a system had been initiated wherein appointed Gambian ministers worked along with British officials.
		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 /html/section/gambia_history.asp (986 words)

	Gambia
		The People's Progressive Party (PPP), headed by former president Jawara, dominated Gambian politics for nearly 30 years.
		PEOPLE AND HISTORY A wide variety of ethnic groups live side by side in The Gambia with a minimum of inter-tribal friction, each preserving its own language and traditions.
		A vehicle for people to share their profoundly impactful "coincidental" experiences (synchronicities) so that others begin to recognize how deeply connected we all are with each other and how time is only a convention.
	www.virtualsources.com /Countries/Africa%20Countries/Gambia.htm (986 words)

	About Gambia and Relative Websites
		A decree was passed which disqualified former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the former Vice-President and all former ministers of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) from contesting any political office.
		Gambia Tourist Support www.gambiatouristsupport.com - is a non profit UK organization that aims to provide link between people intending to visit The Gambia and the Gambian hosts, who can provide them with support.
		Gambia Education Support Organization's mission is to provide assistance to Gambians and Gambian institutions in education in The Gambia.
	home3.inet.tele.dk /mcamara/gam.html (986 words)

	The Gambia - Country Profile
		Since independence, The Gambia was ruled by one political party, the People's Progressive Party, led by President Dawda Kairaba Jawara until the coup d'état, in 1994, introducing a military government to The Gambia, led by captain Yahya Jammeh.
		The Wuli kingdom in the central Gambia river valley was a Mandinka offshoot of the Mali Empire, established in the 14th century.
		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 this agreement was dissolved in September 1989 with the mutual consent of both partners.
	www.afrol.com /Countries/Gambia/gam_background.htm (986 words)

	Gambia, The -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002
		The Gambia achieved full self-government in 1963 and independence in 1965 under Dauda Kairaba Jawara and the People's Progressive party (PPP), made up of the predominant Malinke ethnic group.
		The Gambia was shaken in 1981 by a coup attempt by junior-ranking soldiers; it was put down with the intervention of Senegalese troops.
		In 1889, The Gambia's boundaries were defined, and in 1894 the interior was declared a British protectorate.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Gambia_History.asp (986 words)

	gambia.html
		According to the constitution of 1970, Gambia is a republic headed by a president; Dawda K. Jawara and his People's Progressive party have ruled since independence.
		The Portuguese first reached the Gambia River in 1455 and sold trading rights to the British in 1618.
		On Feb. 1, 1982, in the wake of a 1981 coup attempt put down with the aid of Senegalese troops, Gambia and Senegal inaugurated the Confederation of Senegambia.
	www.gateway-africa.com /countries/gambia.html (395 words)

	The Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the military coup, politicians from deposed President Jawara's People's Progressive Party (PPP) and other senior government officials were banned from participating in politics until July 2001.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Gambia (395 words)

	Jawara, Sir Dauda Kairaba on Encyclopedia.com
		A veterinarian, he became active in politics in 1960 and leader of the People's Progressive party.
		In 1970, Gambia became a republic with Jawara as president.
		During the early 1980s, Jawara survived, with Senegalese aid, armed rebellions and coups and was reelected in 1987.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Jawara-S1.asp (395 words)

	The Gambia
		President Dawda K. Jawara and his People's Progressive party ruled Gambia from independence until 1994, when Jawara, whose regime was generally considered corrupt and inept, was ousted in a bloodless coup.
		Gambia and Senegal were joined in the Confederation of Senegambia and cooperated on defense and economic matters from 1982 to 1989, when the confederation was dissolved.
		"Gambia" or "The Gambia" is a tiny coastal republic of West Africa.
	www.bansanghospitalappeal.com /bansang/id75.htm (951 words)

	January 1997
		Singapore: In parliamentary elections, the ruling People's Action Party wins 67% of the vote and 34 out of 36 contested seats, being unopposed in the remaining 47 constituencies.
		The Singapore Progressive Party and the Workers' Party win one seat each.
		The Gambia: President Yahya Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction wins 33 of 45 seats at stake in parliamentary elections, followed by the United Democratic Party with 7 seats.
	free2.surffreedom.com /nph-free.cgi/010100A/http/www.rulers.org/1997-01.html (951 words)

	Gambiabib
		From green uprising to national reconciliation: the People’s Progressive Party in The Gambia.
		The military coup in the Gambia and its implications for democracy.
		The political economy of tourism in The Gambia.
	www.univie.ac.at /handbuch-afrika/laender/Gambiabib.htm (290 words)

	The Gambia
		After the military coup, politicians from deposed President Jawara's People's Progressive Party (PPP) and other senior government officials were banned from participating in politics until July 2001.
		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.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/The-Gambia.htm (1383 words)

	ciHistory_Inc.htm
		Dawda Jawara, leader of the People’s Progressive Party, became President of the Gambia.
		Gambia was strategically important as a trade point along the West African coast.
		Though the Portuguese did not establish a colony in the Gambia, they continued to monopolise trade until the English gained control of the mouth of the River Gambia in 1651 and fortified present day Banjul.
	www.journeymart.com /DExplorer/Africa/Gambia?SubLink=DExplorer/Africa/Gambia/ciHistory_Inc.htm (1383 words)

	The Gambia
		President Dawda K. Jawara and his People's Progressive party ruled Gambia from independence until 1994, when Jawara, whose regime was generally considered corrupt and inept, was ousted in a bloodless coup.
		Gambia and Senegal were joined in the Confederation of Senegambia and cooperated on defense and economic matters from 1982 to 1989, when the confederation was dissolved.
		"Gambia" or "The Gambia" is a tiny coastal republic of West Africa.
	www.bansanghospitalappeal.com /bansang/id75.htm (1383 words)

	Gambia, The -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002
		The Gambia achieved full self-government in 1963 and independence in 1965 under Dauda Kairaba Jawara and the People's Progressive party (PPP), made up of the predominant Malinke ethnic group.
		The Gambia was shaken in 1981 by a coup attempt by junior-ranking soldiers; it was put down with the intervention of Senegalese troops.
		In 1889, The Gambia's boundaries were defined, and in 1894 the interior was declared a British protectorate.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Gambia_History.asp (986 words)

	CIA 1993 Factbook: Government The Gambia
		People's Progressive Party (PPP), Dawda K. JAWARA, secretary general; National Convention Party (NCP), Sheriff DIBBA; Gambian People's Party (GPP), Hassan Musa CAMARA; United Party (UP), leader NA; People's Democratic Organization of Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), leader NA; People's Democratic Party (PDP), Jabel SALLAH
		Chief of State and Head of Government: President Alhaji Sir Dawda Kairaba JAWARA (since 24 April 1970); Vice President Saihou SABALLY (since NA)
	cesimo.ing.ula.ve /GAIA/CIA/factbook/descriptions/The_Gambia__Government.html (986 words)

	About Gambia and Relative Websites
		A decree was passed which disqualified former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the former Vice-President and all former ministers of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) from contesting any political office.
		The other main political parties in the Gambia before the coup, the National Convention Party (NCP), and the Gambia People's Party (GPP), were also banned from participating in the election.
		The last National Assembly Elections was held in January 2002 but was boycotted by the Three-party opposition alliance led by the main opposition party UDP and thereby, allowing APRC running unopposed in 33 of the 48 constituencies.
	home3.inet.tele.dk /mcamara/gam.html (986 words)

	The Gambia Government 1991 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Political parties and leaders: People's Progressive Party (PPP), Dawda K. JAWARA, secretary general; National Convention Party (NCP), Sheriff DIBBA; Gambian People's Party (GPP), Assan Musa CAMARA; United Party (UP); People's Democratic Organization of Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)
		Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President Alhaji Sir Dawda Kairaba JAWARA (since 24 April 1970); Vice President Bakary Bunja DARBO (since 12 May 1982)
		Legal system: based on a composite of English common law, Koranic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
	www.theodora.com /wfb1991/the_gambia/the_gambia_government.html (986 words)

	8. Gambia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Jawara's People's Progressive Party won 31 out of 35 seats in elections to the Gambian House of Representatives.
		Dawda Jawara, leader of the People's Progressive Party, became prime minister.
		Soldiers in Gambia staged a coup, ousting the president, Sir Dawda Jawara, and establishing a military government.
	www.bartleby.com /67/4343.html (986 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - birth pangs
		In March dissidents from President Dawda Kairaba Jawara's ruling People's Progressive Party formed the new Gambia People's Party to oppose the president in the general elections scheduled for May 1987.
		Strained relations with Senegal marred both the third anniversary of the establishment of the Senegambian confederation and the lifting of the state of emergency that had been in effect in the Gambia since the abortive coup in July 1981 that was the impetus for forming the confederation.
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - birth pangs
	ca.encarta.msn.com /birth_pangs.html (986 words)

	Western
		He was re-elected in 1972 and 1977 and resisted pressure from the Progressive People's Party to make the Gambia a one-party state, surviving an attempted coup in 1981 with Sengalese help.
		Full independence within the Commonwealth came in 1965 under Dawda Jawara who became President of the Republic in 1970.
		In 1982 it became linked with Senegal (by which it is entirely surrounded except for a small coastal area at the river mouth) but Gambia's fear of Senegalese domination led to the dissolution of Senegambia in 1989.
	www.gaminggeeks.org /Resources/KateMonk/Africa/Western/Gambia.htm (986 words)

	gambia.html
		According to the constitution of 1970, Gambia is a republic headed by a president; Dawda K. Jawara and his People's Progressive party have ruled since independence.
		On Feb. 1, 1982, in the wake of a 1981 coup attempt put down with the aid of Senegalese troops, Gambia and Senegal inaugurated the Confederation of Senegambia.
		Independence: 18 February 1965 (from UK); note - 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
	www.gateway-africa.com /countries/gambia.html (986 words)

	Africana.com: Roots 25th Anniversary
		In the 1962 elections Jawara's party, renamed the People's Progressive Party (PPP), won decisively, and Jawara became the chief minister.
		The Gambia achieved independence on February 18, 1965, and Jawara was chosen to be the new nation's prime minister.
		His party gained a plurality of votes in the 1960 election for the House of Representatives, the first election in which rural voters were fully franchised.
	archive.blackvoices.com /roots25/gambia.htm (986 words)

	Jammeh Tribalist OBSERVER
		A year later, the people of Bakau decided to distance themselves from a party and government that are essentially inconsistent and lack a coherent national development agenda.
		In a culturally progressive society like The Gambia, tribe and/or tribalism is not an issue and does not have to become an issue.
		It was this same Yahya Jammeh, then Chairman of the AFPRC, who commended the people of Bakau for their principled stand against cheap politics and being carried away easily like handbags.
	www.camara.dk /_bantaba/000012a8.htm (309 words)

	A short history of the Gambia
		The first chief minister is Pierre Sarr N'Jie of the United Party (UP) since 1961, succeeded in 1962 as prime minister by David Jawara (later known as Dawda Kairaba Jawara) of the People's Progressive Party (PPP).
		This leads in 1982 to the formation of the Senegambia Confederation, which is dissolved in 1989.
		The relative stability of the Jawara era is first broken by a violent, unsuccessful coup attempt in 1981.
	www.electionworld.org /history/gambia.htm (309 words)

	The Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the military coup, politicians from deposed President Jawara's People's Progressive Party (PPP) and other senior government officials were banned from participating in politics until
		The APRC maintained its strong majority in the National Assembly in legislative elections held in January 2002, particularly after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections.
		President Yahya Jammeh, who was re-elected, took the oath of office again on December 21, 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Gambia (309 words)

	The Gambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the military coup, politicians from deposed President Jawara's People's Progressive Party (PPP) and other senior government officials were banned from participating in politics until
		The APRC maintained its strong majority in the National Assembly in legislative elections held in January 2002, particularly after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections.
		President Yahya Jammeh, who was re-elected, took the oath of office again on December 21, 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Gambia (309 words)

	The Gambia
		President Dawda K. Jawara and his People's Progressive party ruled Gambia from independence until 1994, when Jawara, whose regime was generally considered corrupt and inept, was ousted in a bloodless coup.
		Gambia and Senegal were joined in the Confederation of Senegambia and cooperated on defense and economic matters from 1982 to 1989, when the confederation was dissolved.
		A 1981 coup attempt was put down with the aid of Senegalese troops.
	www.bansanghospitalappeal.com /bansang/id75.htm (309 words)

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