2) Senegal. The World Factbook. 2003
... Background:Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration...

3) Senegal, river, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Senegal, river, Africa, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed in SW Mali, W Africa, by the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers, both of which rise in the...

4) 19. Senegal. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...19. Senegal 1960, June Senegal gained independence from France. Senegal joined with Mali to form the Mali Federation. 1 Aug The Republic of Senegal was established...

5) Senegal. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...by the Portuguese (mid-15th century) and by the Dutch and the French (17th century). Senegal was awarded to France in 1815 by the Treaty of Paris and became a French...

6) Senegal. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Senegal Republic in western Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south....

7) Senegal River. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Mali and flowing about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) generally northwest and west along the Mauritania-Senegal border to the Atlantic Ocean....

8) Mali. The World Factbook. 2003
... Background:The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly...

9) Dakar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dakar, (dkar´, da-) (KEY) , city (1988 pop. 672,991), capital of Senegal, W Senegal, on Cape Verde Peninsula, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Situated in a market-gardening...

10) 1959-60. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1959-60 In 1959, Leopold Sedar Senghor of Senegal and Modibo Keita of French Sudan sought to merge their two countries into what became known as the Mali Federation,...