He stood shoulders high above the rest and is qualified to be called the pioneer of Gambia's independence struggle. The independence of Ghana in 1957 gave impetus to the struggle for independence ...

BANJUL, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Dawda Kairaba Jawara, Gambia's first post-independence president who led the tiny West African country for 24 years before being deposed in a 1994 coup, has died at the ...

Dawda Kairaba Jawara, Gambia's first post-independence president who led the tiny West African country for 24 years before being deposed in a 1994 coup, has died at the age of 95, the presidency ...

Dawda Jawara, a veterinarian-turned-politician who led Gambia to independence from the British and then presided over the country as it became one of Africa’s longest-running democracies ...

Furthermore I asked of myself and others about the people at the center of the march for our independence and what have they done to make Gambia a better place or better yet, have we even came any ...

Berks County’s Gambian community gathered Saturday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Gambia’s independence from Great Britain. The event at Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom, Wyomissing ...

Gambians Monday celebrate the 48 th independence anniversary of their ... revisit the founding fathers’ vision of an independent Gambia and rededicate themselves to that vision.

She made this clarification during the celebration of the 249th Independence Anniversary of the United States, held at her ...

The most interesting facts about The Gambia, from washing in a sacred crocodile-infested pool to using marbles to vote in elections. Official name: Republic of the Gambia Population: 2,523,327 ...