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The dalasi is the currency of the Gambia that was adopted in 1971. It is subdivided into 100 bututs. It replaced the Gambian pound at a rate of 1 pound = 5 dalasis, i.e. 1 dalasi = 0.2 pound = 4 shillings.
Bakau [1] is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point. Bakau is the first major suburb outside Banjul and the most developed town in the Gambia. Close to Bakau and Banjul is Gambia's largest city ...
Soley was born in Lamin, the Gambia. He played for Banjul Hawks FC , K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen , Al-Hilal and K.R.C. Genk , prior to signing for Preston North End in January 2007. Soley made his debut for Preston North End in the 2007 fifth round of the FA Cup which Preston lost 3–1 to Manchester City .
The commission was launched at Dunes Resort Hotel, Kotu Beach, Kololi, on 15 October.It was launched by President Adama Barrow and attended by senior figures including Mariam Jack-Denton, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hassan Bubacar Jallow, the Chief Justice, and members of the diplomatic corps, the National Assembly, civil society, and international organisations.
The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, [2] [self-published source] was founded by Mae Gene and Kenneth Best in 1990. [3] Kenneth Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia , until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to relocate with his family to the Gambia. [ 2 ]
Ebrima B. Manneh (February 18, 1978 [1] –2008?) was a Gambian journalist who was arrested in July 2006 and secretly held in custody. [2] In March 2019, the Gambian newspapers The Trumpet and "The Point" newspaper reported that Manneh died in mid-2008 while being taken from a police station to the Diabugu Batapa hospital.
The Gambia maintains an embassy in Moscow, although former President Yahya Jammeh closed it for a time during the 2016–17 Gambian constitutional crisis. [1] Russia has no corresponding embassy in Banjul, [2] but the Russian embassy in Dakar in neighboring Senegal also represents Russian interests in the Gambia. [3] There is also an Honorary ...
This is a list of the extreme points of the Gambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Senegal immediately south of the Senegalese village of Keur Mali Makham, Central River Division