Dawda Jawara
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Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was a Gambian politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of The Gambia from 1970 to 1994, when he was overthrown by Yahya Jamme
Jawara in 1979
PM Jawara with David Ben-Gurion and General Moshe Dayan during a visit to Israel in 1962.
Senegambia Confederation
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Senegambia, officially the Senegambia Confederation or Confederation of Senegambia, was a loose confederation in the late 20th century between the West African countries of Senegal and its neighbour T
Dawda Jawara
…deaths reported by the end of the coup attempt. Following the coup attempt, Jawara and Senegalese President Abdou Diouf announced the creation of the Senegambia Confederation, but it proved to be short-lived and ultimately collapsed eight years later in 1989. Jawara continued to rule until 1994 when a coup d'état led by Yahya…
Abdou Diouf, President of the Senegambia Confederation, in 1988