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Banjul

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Banjul , formerly Bathurst , port city (1993 pop. 42,407), capital of The Gambia, situated on St. Mary's Island where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only large urban area in The Gambia and is the country's economic and administrative center. Its port handles oceangoing ships. Banjul's chief export is peanuts; beeswax, palm kernels and oil, and skins and hides are also shipped. Peanut processing is the chief industry. The city was founded by the British on the site of an anchorage in 1816 as a trading post and a base for suppressing the slave trade. Author not... Read more

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Banjul, The Gambia Bathurst Established as a military post in 1816 by Captain Alexander Grant in an attempt to control the illegal...colonies at the time (1812–27). The city became the capital of The Gambia in 1965 and its original Mandinka name of Banjul was restored in 1973. It has been suggested that ... Read more

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	`No problem': Gambian gamble in a smoking Peugeot to Banjul ; BANJUL, The Gambia We were only an hour out of Dakar when the...lodging at the lovely Atlantic Hotel in The Gambia's capital, Banjul, and the ferry ride that would get us there across the...were too busy taking in the sites and shopping bargains of Banjul. The craft market was a bargainer's delight of ... Read more
	Mugabe wins again in Banjul.(News) ; ...was let off the hook at the African Union's weekend summit in Banjul, The Gambia. He seems to have evaded censure or even any commitment...buck to him. But Annan seems to have been rebuffed by Mugabe in Banjul, and to have accepted this. Annan announced after the meeting... Read more
	Banjul declaration on violence against women.(female genital mutilation; Symposium for Religious Leaders and Medical Personnel on FGM as a Form of Violence) ; ...Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices/GAMCOTRAP, held in Banjul, The Gambia, July 20-23, 1998, declare as follows: * Having examined...aimed at freeing women from all forms of violence, including FGM. Banjul, 22 July 1998, The Participants Read more
	Recommendation: Symposium for Religious Leaders and Medical Personnel held in Banjul the Gambia July 22, 1998. ; ...Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices/GAMCOTRAP, held in Banjul, the Gambia, July 20-23, 1998; Having exhaustively discussed...should be no medicalization of FGM, under any circumstances. Banjul, 22 July 1998, The Participants EDITOR'S NOTE: A long list of... Read more
	Ousted Jawara flees on US warship ; BANJUL - A US warship took the ousted Gambian President, Sir Dawda Jawara, from Banjul to Dakar yesterday while the leader of the coup which toppled...against him, after what had begun as a rampage through Banjul on Friday by soldiers demanding back pay for peace-keeping... Read more
	Getting away with it: the Gambia.(coup d'etat) ; BANJUL IT IS Africa's smallest mainland state-about the size of...that easy. The captain of a visiting American warship in Banjul harbour asked his superiors in Washington whether he should...There is a new hospital and a television station at last. Banjul's port and airport are to be done up. Where has the ... Read more
	The Gambia hopes to capitalize on `Roots' ; BANJUL, Gambia When author Alex Haley journeyed to Africa in search...turmoil, it is easily overlooked by the world's new media. Banjul is hardly a household American name. But to anyone who...second International Roots Homecoming Festival, centered in Banjul, June 14-21. It promises to be quite a party, ... Read more
	LGBTI rights enter the African human rights discourse for the first time ; ...on Human and Peoples' Rights sitting in Banjul in The Gambia. This historic moment occurred...examinations. How visible were LGBT issues in Banjul? Were they controversial? LGBT issues...help to the visibility of LGBT issues in Banjul. These paved way for the LGBT group to... Read more
	The evil that men do... ; ...Strasser arrived in The Gambian capital, Banjul, on 27 October, only to be deported to...refused him entry and sent him back to Banjul on 7 November. The Gambians then decided...going to press, he was still somewhere in Banjul. The Sierra Leone high commissioner then... Read more
	African journalist killed ; Thompson, Bankole Michigan Citizen 01-01-2005 BANJUL, Gambia - The dean of the Gambian press...Reporters San Frontiers, RSF in the capital Banjul. "The killing comes at a moment of tension...give details about what the government in Banjul would do about the killing when contacted... Read more

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