Banjul trading post and base, constructing houses and barracks for controlling entrance to the Gambia estuary and suppressing the slave trade. The British renamed Banjul Island as St. Mary's Island and named the new town Bathurst, after the 3rd Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time. Streets were laid out in a modified grid pattern, and named after Allied generals at the Battle of Waterloo. The town became the centre of British activity in the Gambia Colony and Protectorate. After independence, the town's name was changed to Banjul in 1973. On 22 July 1994, Banjul
Tourism in the Central African Republic Tourism in the Central African Republic Tourism in the Central African Republic has been negatively affected by its recent troubled history and fighting in neighboring countries. Security in the country is unstable, particularly in its north and northwest. In 2007 and 2008 the United States issued a travel warning for the CAR warning of bandits, armed groups of rebels, and poachers particularly outside the capital Bangui. The country's government cannot guarantee the safety of travelers in most of the country. In April 2007, a hunting party near Ndele town was attacked and a French hunter was killed and three others