Report: Oil Found in Gambia

World | February 17, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00

Gambian president announced the discovery of "large quantities" of oil in his tiny West African nation, saying the offshore find would eliminate poverty and hunger. An unnamed Western company made the find while studying 200 square miles of Atlantic seabed off Gambia's coast, the Gambian newspaper The Independent reported Monday. Government officials in Banjul, the capital, could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.

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