The Gambia–Senegal relations

The Gambia–Senegal relations

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Senegal

The Gambia–Senegal relations are foreign relations between the two neighbouring West African nations which are part of ECOWAS. A former British colony, the Gambia reached their independence in 1965, while Senegal gained their independence from France in 1960. Between 1982 and 1989 two countries tried to create Senegambia Confederation intended to promote cooperation and integration between the two closely related countries. Two countries share long common cultural heritage, languages and identities with differentiation streaming primarily from divergent British and French colonial experience. The Gambia forms a narrow semi-enclave strip surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.

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