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The People's Progressive Party is a political party in the Gambia. [3] It was the dominant ruling party of the House of Representatives and the presidency from 1962 to 1994. [4] The president throughout this time period was Dawda Jawara. The People's Progressive Party lost power after the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, a military coup led by young ...
e. Yahya Abdul-Aziz James Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017, as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, in the Gambia, and is a Muslim of the Jola ethnic group.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. [a] [8] Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [b] it is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. [9] It is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the ...
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 ...
Same-sex sexual activity is illegal for both men and women in the Gambia. Criminalisation commenced under the colonial rule of the British. The 1933 Criminal Code provides penalties of prison terms of up to fourteen years. In 2014, the country amended its code to impose even harsher penalties of life imprisonment for "aggravated" cases.
Banjul, the Gambia. Circulation. 10,000 (at peak) ISSN. 0796-1359. The Independent was a biweekly newspaper published in Banjul, the Gambia. [1] The paper was started in July 1999 with 25 staffers and freelance reporters, [2] but after multiple raids, acts of arbitrary arrest and detention, and unsolved acts of arson, The Independent ceased ...
The Point is a daily newspaper published in Bakau, the Gambia. History [ edit ] On 16 December 1991, The Point was founded by Pap Saine , Deyda Hydara , and Babucarr Gaye; Hydara and Saine had been friends since childhood. [1]