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The Daily Observer. Coordinates: 13.475°N 16.676°W. The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, the Gambia. [1] 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 ...
Freedom Newspaper – online. The Standard – online. The Daily News – online.
On 14 December 2004, the Gambia passed two new media laws. One, the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill 2004, allowed prison terms for defamation and sedition; the other, the Newspaper (Amendment) Bill 2004, required newspaper owners to purchase expensive operating licenses, registering their homes as security.
The Gambia is a very small and narrow country whose borders mirror the meandering Gambia River. It lies between latitudes 13 and 14°N, and longitudes 13 and 17°W. The Gambia is less than 50 kilometres (31 miles) wide at its widest point, with a total area of 11,295 km 2 (4,361 sq mi).
Headquarters. Kanifing, the Gambia. ISSN. 0796-157X. Website. www. today.gm. Today Newspaper is an independent newspaper in the Gambia, West Africa. It was established July 2007 by Abdul Hamid Adiamoh, a Nigerian journalist. The newspaper was the first to publish colour on its front cover and in selected pages.
Deyda Hydara (June 9, 1946 – December 16, 2004) was a co-founder and primary editor of The Point, a major independent Gambian newspaper. He was also a correspondent for both AFP News Agency and Reporters Without Borders for more than 30 years. Hydara also worked as a Radio presenter in the Gambia called Radio Syd during his early years as a ...
History of the Gambia. The first written records of the region come from Arab traders in the 9th and 10th centuries. In medieval times, the region was dominated by the Trans-Saharan trade and was ruled by the Mali Empire. In the 16th century, the region came to be ruled by the Songhai Empire.
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