11) Gambia, The. The World Factbook. 2003
...its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship...
12) 1679. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1679 Second French Senegal Company founded. 1 1681-83 Capuchin Fr. Celestin established a school for chiefs and notables at Whydah. 2 1683 Prussians built the fort...
13) Senghor, Leopold Sedar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , 1906-2001, African statesman and poet; president (1960-80) of the Republic of Senegal, b. Joal. The son of a prosperous landowner, Senghor was extraordinarily...
14) Mauritania. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...northwest and north, on Algeria in the northeast, on Mali in the east and southeast, and on Senegal in the southwest. Nouakchott is the capital and largest town....
15) 2000, Feb. 3. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...2000, Feb. 3 In a Senegal court former Chad ruler Hisseue Habre was charged with torture and barbarity. 1 March 19 Leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party Abdoulaye...
16) Saint-Louis. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
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...A city of northwest Senegal at the mouth of the Senegal River. The oldest French colonial settlement in Africa, it was founded as a trading base c. 1658. It was the...
17) Gambia, The, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
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...bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and surrounded on the remaining three sides by Senegal. The capital is Banjul. 1 Land and PeopleThe smallest country on...
18) 1999, Jan. 13. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1999, Jan. 13 In a great victory for human rights advocates, Senegal banned the practice of female circumcision. 1 Jan. 24 Diouf's administration created an "upper...
19) Senegambia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A region of western Africa watered by the Senegal and Gambia rivers. 2. A confederation of Senegal and Gambia (1981-1989) intended to promote cooperation between...
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...Saint-Louis, (saN-lwe) (KEY) , city (1988 pop. 160,689), NW Senegal, a port on an island in the Senegal River. The terminus of a railroad from Dakar, it is a fishing,...
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