Gambia: State Funeral Today for the Gambia's Founding Father, Sir Dawda Jawara

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, who ruled The Gambia for more than 30 years as Prime Minister and then as its first President after independence from Great Britain, is to be given a state funeral today in Banjul, capital of The Gambia.

Sir Dawda, as he was popularly called throughout his leadership, died on Tuesday in Banjul. He was 95.

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