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2020 In The Gambia
Events in the year 2020 in the Gambia. Incumbents *President: Adama Barrow *Vice-President of the Gambia: Isatou Touray * Chief Justice: Hassan Bubacar Jallow Events *17 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Gambia Deaths * 24 January - Demba Sowe, politician, member of the national assembly (b. 1972) * 4 April - Ousman B. Conateh, sports executives and administrators (b. 1937) * 9 June - Ebrima „Mbat“ Jobe, national basketballplayer (b. ≈ 1950) * 28 June – Louis Mahoney, Gambian-born British actor (b. 1938). * 19 July – Biri Biri Alhaji Momodo Njie (30 March 1948 – 19 July 2020), also known as Biri Biri, was a Gambian footballer who played as a right winger. He most notably played for Sevilla FC in Spain and Herfølge Boldklub in Denmark. He was also a Gambian intern ..., footballer (b. 1948). See also * COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia References {{Year in Africa , 2020 2020s in the Gambia Years of the 21st century in the Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia. In 1965, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ousman B
Ousman may refer to: * Larmin Ousman (born 1981), a Liberian footballer (defender) *Ousman Jallow (born 1988), a Gambian footballer *Ousman Jammeh (born 1953), a Gambian politician *Ousman Koli (born 1988), a Gambian football defender * Ousman Krubally (born 1988), American-Gambian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Ousman Nyan (born 1975), a retired Norwegian footballer *Ousman Rambo Jatta, alias Rambo, is the Councilor of Old Bakau in Gambia *Ousman Sonko Ousman Sonko (born 9 January 1969) is a former Gambian politician. He served as Interior Minister between 2006 and 2016 under the Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh. During this period he is suspected of taking part in acts of torture, including in de ... (born 1969), a Gambian politician * Pa Ousman Sonko (born 1984), a Gambian football defender {{Disambiguation, geo, human name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 21st Century In The Gambia
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mean yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s In The Gambia
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In The Gambia
Events in the year 2020 in the Gambia. Incumbents *President: Adama Barrow *Vice-President of the Gambia: Isatou Touray * Chief Justice: Hassan Bubacar Jallow Events *17 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Gambia Deaths * 24 January - Demba Sowe, politician, member of the national assembly (b. 1972) * 4 April - Ousman B. Conateh, sports executives and administrators (b. 1937) * 9 June - Ebrima „Mbat“ Jobe, national basketballplayer (b. ≈ 1950) * 28 June – Louis Mahoney, Gambian-born British actor (b. 1938). * 19 July – Biri Biri, footballer (b. 1948). See also *COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia The COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached The Gambia in March 2020. __TOC ... References {{Year in Africa , 2020 2020s in the Gambia Years of the 21st century in the Gambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biri Biri
Alhaji Momodo Njie (30 March 1948 – 19 July 2020), also known as Biri Biri, was a Gambian footballer who played as a right winger. He most notably played for Sevilla FC in Spain and Herfølge Boldklub in Denmark. He was also a Gambian international footballer, and is regarded by several as the best Gambian footballer of all time. Club career Before his time in Europe, Biri Biri played for Black Diamonds, Phontoms and Augustines in Gambia as well as Mighty Blackpool of Sierra Leone. Biri Biri was spotted by Danish club B 1901 during a training camp in Gambia in 1972. He left them in 1973 for Spanish team Sevilla FC. He was the first black player to play for Sevilla, and was considered one of their best players. Biri Biri returned to Denmark to play for Herfølge Boldklub in 1980, and in 1981 he signed for Wallidan F.C. back in Gambia, for whom he played until retirement in 1987. International career Biri Biri played on multiple occasions for The Gambia's national men's foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mahoney
Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (; 8 September 1938 – 28 June 2020) was a Gambian-born British actor, based in Hampstead in London. He was an anti-racist activist and long-time campaigner for racial equality within the acting profession. He represented African-Asian members on the council of the actors' union, Equity, becoming joint Vice-President between 1994 and 1996."Louis Mahoney" ''Forward to Freedom: A history of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement 1959–1994'', 2013. Career Mahoney was born in in 1938. In the late 1950s he went to originally to study ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebrima Jobe
Ebrima is an OpenType font designed to support African writing systems. It was created by Microsoft and is part of the Windows 7 operating system. It supports advanced OpenType features such as combining diacritics positioning. Its Latin alphabet is based on the Segoe font. Writing systems * Adlam script () * Greek script (partial) for the International Phonetic Alphabet * Latin script with extensions for the African reference alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet * N'Ko script () * Osmanya script () * Tifinagh () * Vai script Vai or VAI has several possible meanings: * Vai people ** Vai language ** Vai syllabary ** Vai (Unicode block) * Vai (Crete) * Văi, a village in Lupșa Commune, Alba County, Romania Abbreviation * VAI, Video Artists International, a classical ... () See also Ebrima Font Family (2012) Microsoft Typography {{typ-stub Unicode typefaces Windows 7 typefaces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demba Sowe (born 1982), Swedish professional footballer
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Demba may refer to: Places *Demba, Democratic Republic of the Congo *Demba Kunda *Madina Demba Forest Park *Stade Demba Diop People *Njogu Demba-Nyrén (born 1979), Gambian- Swedish professional football forward *Demba Touré (born 1984), Senegalese footballer *Demba Ba (born 1985), French-born Senegalese footballer *Demba Diop (1927–1967), former mayor of Mbour *Demba Savage (born 1988), Gambian football forward *Abdoulaye Demba (born 1976), Malian footballer *Demba Barry (born 1987), Malian footballer *Demba Traore Demba may refer to: Places *Demba, Democratic Republic of the Congo *Demba Kunda *Madina Demba Forest Park *Stade Demba Diop People *Njogu Demba-Nyrén (born 1979), Gambian- Swedish professional football forward *Demba Touré (born 1984), Senegale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Gambia
The president of the Republic of The Gambia is the head of state and head of government of the Gambia. The president leads the executive branch of the government of the Gambia and is the commander-in-chief of the Gambia Armed Forces. The post was created in 1970, when the Gambia became a republic and has been held by three people: Dawda Jawara, who ruled from 1970 until 1994, Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a bloodless coup that year and Adama Barrow, who defeated Jammeh in elections held in December 2016.Wiseman, John A. (2004Africa South of the Sahara 2004 (33rd edition): The Gambia: Recent History Europa Publications Ltd. p. 456. List of presidents See also * List of colonial governors of the Gambia *List of heads of government of the Gambia *Lists of office-holders References *''Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen'', Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd *''African States and Rulers'', John Stewart, McFarland External links Official Website*htt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The Gambia
The COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached The Gambia in March 2020. __TOC__ Background The largest hospital in the Gambia is Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), which is a tertiary referral hospital in the capital city Banjul. In 2012 it was reported that there were three other tertiary hospitals, 38 health centres, and 492 primary health posts. The leading causes of mortality in the country are malaria and tuberculosis. There are two medical schools in the country, at the University of the Gambia and the American International University West Africa, as well as MRC Unit The Gambia, formerly run by the United Kingdom's Medical Research Council, and now run by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Political health leadership is provided by the Minister of Health and Social Care, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Bubacar Jallow
Hassan Bubacar Jallow (born 14 August 1951) is a Gambian judge who has served as Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017. He was the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 2003 to 2016, and Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) from 2012 to 2016, both at the rank of United Nations Under Secretary-General. He served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1984 to 1994 under President Dawda Jawara. Early life and education Jallow was born in Bansang, British Gambia on 14 August 1951. He was the son of Abubacar Jallow (d. 1997), an Imam and Islamic Scholar. He attended Saint Augustine's High School in Banjul from 1963 to 1969, and the Gambia High School from 1969 to 1971. He studied at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1973 and graduated in 1976. He became a barrister-at-law in Nigeria in 1977 after studying for a year at the Nigerian Law School in Lagos. He acquired a master's de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
