Kanilai
Kanilai | |
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Western Division | |
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Kanilai is a village in southern
president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, was born in this village and expanded it after coming to power. Previously, the town had been a quiet backwater, home to small-scale maize and groundnut farmers and little else. [1] It is now home to a presidential palace, a wrestling arena, a luxury hotel and a game park and zoo. The zoo, which Jammeh said would allow Gambians to "experience African wildlife", was unsuccessful at first, with animals dying due to hunting, predation and insufficient food.[2]
On 19 January 2017, Senegalese troops took control of the village from pro-Jammeh Gambian Army and
Invasion of the Gambia.[3]
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References
- ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
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Wright, Donald (2010). The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia (third ed.). Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-7656-2483-3.
- ^ "Vidéo: Kanilai est tombé avec la base arrière de Yahya Jammeh. Les troupes sont en route pour Banjul". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.