Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia in 1954 following constitutional amendments, which increased the number of elected members on the Legislative...
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Serekunda (category Populated places in the Gambia)
by one of the first settler families. In the 1960 Gambian parliamentary election, the United Party (UP)'s candidate for the Kombo West (now in Serekunda)...
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Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof (category People's Progressive Party (Gambia) politicians)
valuable source of information for the younger generation of Gambian politicians. Some Gambian journalists have criticized president Yahya Jammeh for failing...
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I. M. Garba-Jahumpa (category Gambian trade unionists)
Muhammadu/Momodou Garba-Jahumpa (22 November 1912 - 4 September 1994) was a Gambian trade union leader and politician who served as the Minister for Agriculture...
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The Muslim Congress Party was a political party in the Gambia. The party was founded during the pre-independence period to represent the Muslim population...
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provision of the Gambian constitution. Entrenched clauses could only be amended if supported by two-thirds of the elected members of the Gambian parliament...
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political parties were banned. Ghanaian natives were allowed to stand for elections into the Legislative Assembly. There were elections held in 1951, 1954 and...
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Communist Party Indonesian Democratic Party Democratic Party (Japan, 1947) Democratic Party (Japan, 1954) Democratic Party (Japan, 1996) Democratic Party of...
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states. The following countries are one-party states in which the institutions of the ruling communist party and the state have become intertwined. They...
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held in the Gambia in 1951. They were the first election to feature political parties, as the Democratic Party and the Muslim Congress Party had been founded...
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in the Gambia from the establishment of a British settlement on St Mary's Island, now known as Banjul Island, in 1816, through to the Gambia Colony and...
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Democratic Party (NDP) of Egypt, under various names, from 1952 to 2011 (as Arab Socialist Union, sole legal party 1953–1978) The Gambia: The People's Progressive...
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First-past-the-post voting (section Two-party rule)
ongoing war; and (3) how long it stayed in a war after becoming a party to it. When the people are fairly represented in parliament, more of those groups who...
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Mahoney (section Notable people)
Mahoney (1929– ), Gambian Creole author Francis Mahoney (disambiguation), multiple people Frank Mahoney (disambiguation), multiple people George Mahoney...
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Protocol I allows for an "authority representing a people engaged against a High Contracting Party in an armed conflict" to make a unilateral declaration...
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Pierre Sarr N'Jie (category Gambian Roman Catholics)
July 1909 – 11 December 1993) was a Gambian lawyer and politician who served as the Chief Minister of the Gambia from 1961 to 1962. He was the country's...
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Reconciliation Party (NRP), Gambia Omar A. Jallow – Politician. Former Minister of Agriculture, leader of the People's Progressive Party, Gambia Halifa Sallah...
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Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (redirect from 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons)
The Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons is a 1954 United Nations multilateral treaty that aims to protect stateless individuals. The...
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political parties in Kenya. Kenya's system is one with characteristics comparable with a two-party system, since two dominant political parties c.q. coalitions...
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arrest by Nasser after a brief power struggle. Naguib was forced to resign in 1954 by Nasser – a pan-Arabist and the main architect of the 1952 movement – and...
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Henning, 80, German rower, Olympic champion (1968). Modou Jadama, 30, Gambian footballer (Tulsa Roughnecks, Portland Timbers 2, Hartford Athletic). Gerald...
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Kow Nkensen Arkaah (category Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians)
as a consultant in the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Yugoslavia and Ethiopia. Arkaah became the leader of the National Convention Party (NCP) prior to the 1992...
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Eritrean flags List of Ethiopian flags List of Gabonese flags List of Gambian flags List of Ghana flags List of flags of Kenya List of Libyan flags List...
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African nationalism (section Gambia)
and educationally under colonial regimes in Africa. In the Gambia, one of the prominent Gambian nationalists and Pan-Africanists during the colonial era...
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leader of MDC-M party (born 1966) Charles Mutasa (born ?), Economic, Social and Cultural Council Vice-President Munacho Mutezo (born 1954), former Minister...
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Modern republicanism (section Gambia)
1965 and 1970 Gambian referendums replaced Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state in favour of a republic. The Grenada United Labour Party advocates Grenada...
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National Congress of British West Africa (category Political parties established in 1919)
of the Gambian branch. The main goal for the Gambian branch of the NCBWA was to successfully establish elected representation in the Gambian government...
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(autocratic military dictatorships); machine (oligarchic party dictatorships); and bossism (autocratic party dictatorships). A junta often comes to power as a...
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Some of Thompson's party managed to return overland to Cape Verde and subsequently to England. Meanwhile, Thompson remained in the Gambia with seven companions...
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Timeline of South Africa (section 1954)
Westminster into South African law. The South African Party and National Party merge to form the United Party. The Coelacanth is discovered by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer...
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