ABSTRACT
The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean, and the highest point is an unnamed elevation point. The Gambia has a coastline of 80 km, and the territorial sea it claims is 12 nautical miles; it is the smallest country in Africa. “The Gambia was once part of the Mali and Kaabu Empires. The first written accounts of the region come from records of Arab traders in the 9th and 10th centuries A.D. Arab traders established the trans-Saharan trade route for slaves, gold, and ivory. The proposal failed to receive the two-thirds majority required to amend the constitution, but the results won widespread attention abroad as testimony to The Gambia’s observance of secret balloting, honest elections, and civil rights and liberties.
