The Gambia Workers' Confederation is a

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centre in

The 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 Publicatio ...

. It is affiliated with the

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History

The Gambia Worker's Confederation was founded in 1985 with M.E. Jallow as its first secretary general, notably the secretary general of the banned,

Gambia Workers' Union The Gambia Workers' Union (GWU) was a general trade union in Gambia. History The GWU was founded in 1956 by M.E. Jallow, the organisation's first Secretary General, and officially registered in July 1958. Initially organising workers in the cons ...

. The next secretary general was Pa Moudo Faal.

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reports that secretary general Pa Moudou K.B. Faal was arrested by the

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in both December 1996 and April 1997 when he planned to travel abroad.

References

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