1994 Gambian coup d'état

1994 Gambian coup d'état
	; Map of The Gambia
Date	22 July 1994
Location	The Gambia
Result	Coup successful Government of Dawda Jawara is overthrown; Military junta established; Yahya Jammeh installed as president;
Belligerents
Government of the Gambia	Military faction; Supported by:; Libya (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Dawda Jawara	Yahya Jammeh

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

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