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In January 2005 five opposition parties in The Gambia, under the leadership of Halifa Sallah, minority leader in the parliament, launched a coalition—the National Alliance for Democracy and Development—to challenge Pres. Yahya Jammeh and his ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction in the 2006 elections.
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The Gambia gained its independency from the UK on 18th February 1965. A constitution was written on 24th April 1970, before being suspended in July 1994, before being rewritten and approved by national referendum on 8th August 1996. It was reestablished in January 1997
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At a brief ceremony on Thursday 16th August 2007, His Excellency Mr. Tamsir Jallow, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations formally presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
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Kora is the main music instrument of the Mandinka tribe, and could be considered the national instrument of Gambia. It is 21-stringed and built from a large calabash cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator. It sounds like a mixture of harp and flamenco guitar. Real koras can be very expensive but small souvenir versions are ... available.
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