Gambia POPULATION 1,455,842ISLAM 90 percentCHRISTIAN 9 percentAFRICAN INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 1 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of the Gambia, located in western Africa, is shaped like a finger and is surrounded by Senegal on the north,...

Gambia, The With a total area of 11,295 square kilometers (4,000 square miles), the Republic of The Gambia is the smallest country on the continent of Africa. It is bordered by Senegal on all sides except on the Atlantic coast, and for this reason the...

Republic of The Gambia CAPITAL: Banjul (formerly Bathurst) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of red, blue, and green horizontal bands, separated by narrow white stripes. ANTHEM: For The Gambia, Our Homeland. MONETARY UNIT: In 1971, the dalasi (D), a paper...

The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. It is the smallest country on the African continental mainland and is bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, and has a small coast...

Highlights and Key Issues * The IMF announced in December that The Gambia had become the 23rd country to reach completion point under the HIPC initiative, triggered by meeting a range of goals aimed at fostering economic stability. This should open the door...

In February 2000, radiographers Mary Atkinson and Jean Harvey visited the Gambia in order to indentify the needs of the radiographic service there (see Synergy, November 2000). Nine months later, in November, they made a further trip, this time with official support from The...

Slain reggae star Lucky Dube was remembered at a memorial service by friends and family who railed against his senseless shooting death and his bandmates who entertained a dancing crowd outside by playing some of his songs.Dube, 43, was gunned down in front of two...