1994 Gambian coup d'état

1994 Gambian coup d'état
Date 22 July 1994 Location The Gambia Result Coup attempt succeeds. Dawda Jawara is overthrown.
Belligerents
Government of the Gambia	Military faction
Commanders and leaders
Dawda Jawara	Yahya Jammeh

Coup attempt succeeds.

In the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, a group of soldiers led by then 29-year-old Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless coup d'état on 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara who had been President of the Gambia since 1970.

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