Date 22 July 1994 | Location Gambia | |
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Similar 1971 Sudanese coup d'état, 1964 Gabon coup d'état, 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état, 2010 Nigerien coup d'état, 2012 Guinea‑Bissau coup d'état | ||
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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