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| Gambia expels Lebanese businessman accused of Hezbollah ties |
| 2015-06-04 |
| [Ynet] A Lebanese businessman accused by the United States of providing financial support to the Lebanese turban movement Hezbollah left Gambia ... The Gambia is actually surrounded by Senegal on all sides but its west coast. It has a population of about 1.7 million. The difference between the two is that in colonial days Senegal was ruled by La Belle France and The Gambia (so-called because there's only one of it, unlike Guinea, of which there are the Republic of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, New Guinea, the English coin in circulation between 1663 and 1813, and Guyana, which sounds like it should be another one) was ruled by Britain... at the weekend in compliance with an expulsion order, government sources said. Husayn Tajideen, known locally as an importer of rice and flour to the small West African country, was accused of "unacceptable business practices that are detrimental to the Gambian economy", state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? said last week. It added that he had 30 days to close all local businesses. |
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