2022 Gambian coup attempt

2022 Gambian coup d'état attempt

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Date	20 December 2022
Location	Banjul, The Gambia
Result	Coup failure

Belligerents

Government of the Gambia

Gambia Armed Forces

Some members of the Gambia Armed Forces and other collaborators^[1]

Commanders and leaders

Adama Barrow

Sanna Fadera

Casualties and losses

None reported

11 arrested^[2]

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The 2022 Gambian coup attempt was a military coup d'état attempt which took place in The Gambia on 20 December 2022. Reportedly, some soldiers attempted to overthrow the government of President Adama Barrow.^[3] Four soldiers were arrested on suspicion of involvement.^[4] The Gambian military initially denied that any such coup attempt took place.^[5] It also went after three other alleged conspirators.^[6] The coup leader was later named as LCpl Sanna Fadera. The attempt was condemned by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the main opposition party, the UDP.^[7]

UDP leader Momodou Sabally, who had served as the minister of presidential affairs under Yahya Jammeh, had suggested in a video released before the coup that Barrow would be overthrown before the 2023 Gambian local elections. He was arrested after the government foiled the plot,^[8] but was later released unconditionally.^[9] On 3 January 2023 the government charged two civilians and a sub-inspector of The Gambia Police Force for taking part in the plot.^[1] Eight soldiers were later charged on 6 January.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Gambia charges two civilians and a police officer in alleged coup plot". Africanews. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sofia Christensen (7 January 2023). "Gambia charges eight soldiers over foiled coup". Reuters. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ "Gambia foils alleged coup attempt". The West Australian. 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
^ "Gambia foils alleged coup attempt, arrests four soldiers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
^ Wally, Omar (2022-12-21). "Gambia coup attempt foiled - government". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
^ "Four soldiers arrested after alleged coup attempt in The Gambia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ Wally, Omar (December 22, 2022). "Gambia navy officer behind failed coup bid - government". BBC News.
^ "The Gambia: Former minister released after alleged coup". Deutsche Welle. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ Sanneh, Kemeseng (30 December 2022). "Police release Momodou Sabally". Foroyaa Newspaper. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

v t e Coups, self-coups, and attempted coups since 1991
List of coups and coup attempts by country since 2010
1990s	Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Thailand (1991)^c Soviet Union (1991) Haiti (1991)^c Georgia (1991–1992)^c Venezuela (1992) February November Peru (1992) April^‡^c November Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992)^c Sudan (1992) Guatemala (1993)^‡ Azerbaijan (1993)^c Russia (1993)^‡^c Libya (1993) Burundi (1993) Lithuania (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c Bophuthatswana (1994)^c Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Liberia (1994) Azerbaijan (1995) Qatar (1995)^c São Tomé and Príncipe (1995) Guinea (1996) Paraguay (1996) Iraq (1996) Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Qatar (1996) Bangladesh (1996) Cambodia (1997)^c Turkey (1997)^c Zambia (1997) Guinea-Bissau (1998) Niger (1999)^c Pakistan (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c
2000s	Ecuador (2000)^c Paraguay (2000) Fiji (2000)^c Solomon Islands (2000) ^c Côte d'Ivoire (2001) Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Venezuela (2002) Côte d'Ivoire (2002) Burkina Faso (2003) Central African Republic (2003)^c Mauritania (2003) Philippines (2003) Guinea-Bissau (2003)^c São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Chad (2004) Sudan (2004) Haiti (2004)^c Equatorial Guinea (2004) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004) Peru (2005) Nepal (2005)^‡^c Togo (2005)^c Mauritania (2005)^c Chad (2006) Thailand (2006)^c Madagascar (2006) Fiji (2006)^c Philippines (2007) Sudan (2008) Mauritania (2008)^c Guinea (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c Honduras (2009)^c
2010s	Niger (2010)^c Madagascar (2010) Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Bangladesh (2011) Mali (2012) March^c April Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Sudan (2012) Eritrea (2013) Central African Republic (2013)^c Chad (2013) Egypt (2013)^c Libya (October 2013) Libya (2014) Thailand (2014)^c Gambia (2014) Yemen (2014–15)^c Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015) Turkey (2016) Burkina Faso (2016) Libya (2016) Zimbabwe (2017)^c Yemen (2018)^c Gabon (2019) Sudan (2019)^c Ethiopia (2019)
2020s	Mali (2020)^c Central African Republic (2021) Myanmar (2021)^c Niger (2021) Mali (2021)^c Guinea (2021)^c Tunisia (2021)^‡^c Sudan (2021) September October^c Burkina Faso (2022) January^c September^c Guinea-Bissau (2022) São Tomé and Príncipe (2022) Peru (2022)^‡ Gambia (2022) Sudan (2023) Niger (2023)^c Gabon (2023)^c Burkina Faso (2023) Sierra Leone (2023) Guinea-Bissau (2023) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024)
^‡ Self-coup or its attempt Coup attempt ^c Successful coup or self-coup See also: Plots and conspiracies

v t e Coups d'état in Africa since 1960
1960s	Republic of the Congo (1960)^c Ethiopia (1960) Rwanda (1961) French Algeria (1961) Somalia (1961) Senegal (1962) Algeria (1962)^c Dahomey (1963)^c Togo (1963)^c Gabon (1964)^c Algeria (1965)^c Dahomey (1965) Burundi (1965) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965) Central African Republic (1965–66)^c Burundi (July 1966)^c Burundi (November 1966)^c Ghana (1966)^c Upper Volta (1966)^c Nigeria (January 1966)^c Nigeria (July 1966)^c Republic of the Congo (1966) Dahomey (1967) Ghana (1967) Togo (1967)^c Algeria (1967) Sierra Leone (1968)^c Mali (1968)^c Republic of the Congo (1968)^c Dahomey (1969) Sudan (1969)^c Libya (September 1969)^c Somalia (1969)^c Libya (December 1969)
1970s	Lesotho (1970)^‡c Uganda (1971)^c Morocco (1971) Sudan (1971)^c Dahomey (1972)^c Ghana (1972)^c Morocco (1972) Republic of the Congo (1972) Rwanda (1973)^c Upper Volta (1974)^‡ Uganda (1974) Niger (1974)^c Ethiopia (1974)^c Comoros (1975)^c Sudan (1975) Libya (1975) Nigeria (1975)^c Chad (1975)^c Comoros (1976)^c Burundi (1976)^c Nigeria (1976) Sudan (1976) Benin (1977) Seychelles (1977)^c Sudan (1977) Uganda (June 1977) Angola (1977) Somalia (1978) Comoros (1978)^c Ghana (1978)^‡c Mauritania (1978)^c Mauritania (1979)^c Ghana (1979)^c Equatorial Guinea (1979)^c Central African Republic (1979)^c
1980s	Mauritania (1980)^c Liberia (1980)^c Guinea-Bissau (1980)^c Upper Volta (1980)^c Mauritania (1981) Gambia (1981) Central African Republic (1981)^c Ghana (1981)^c Seychelles (1981) Central African Republic (1982) Kenya (1982) Upper Volta (1982)^c Upper Volta (February 1983) Upper Volta (August 1983)^c Nigeria (1983)^c Mauritania (1984)^c Cameroon (1984) Guinea (1984)^c Uganda (1985)^c Nigeria (1985)^c Sudan (1985)^c Guinea (1985) Liberia (1985) Lesotho (1986)^c Togo (1986) Burkina Faso (1987)^c Burundi (1987)^c Republic of the Congo (1987) Tunisia (1987)^c Transkei (1987)^c Benin (1988) São Tomé and Príncipe (1988) Burkina Faso (1989) Ethiopia (1989) Chad (1989) Sudan (1989)^c
1990s	Sudan (1990) Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Chad (1990)^c Ciskei (1990)^c Venda (1990)^c Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Suadn (1992) Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992)^c Sierra Leone (December 1992) Burundi (1993) Libya (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c Bophuthatswana (1994)^c Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡c Liberia (1994) Comoros (1995) São Tomé and Príncipe (1995) Sierra Leone (1996)^c Guinea (1996) Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Sierra Leone (August 1996) Zambia (1997) Sierra Leone (1997)^c Guinea-Bissau (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c
2000s	Côte d'Ivoire (2001) Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Côte d'Ivoire (2002) Central African Republic (2003)^c Mauritania (2003) Guinea-Bissau (2003)^c São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Burkina Faso (2003) Chad (2004) Sudan (2004) Equatorial Guinea (2004) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004) Togo (2005)^c Mauritania (2005)^c Chad (2006) Madagascar (2006) Guinea (2008)^c Mauritania (2008)^c Sudan (2008) Madagascar (2009)^c
2010s	Madagascar (2010) Niger (2010)^c Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Mali (March 2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Mali (April 2012) Sudan (2012) Eritrea (2013) Chad (2013) Egypt (2013)^c Libya (October 2013) Central African Republic (2013)^c Libya (2014) Lesotho (2014) The Gambia (2014) Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015) Burkina Faso (2016) Libya (2016) Zimbabwe (2017)^c Gabon (2019) Sudan (2019)^c Ethiopia (2019)
2020s	Mali (2020)^c Central African Republic (2021) Niger (2021) Mali (2021)^c Tunisia (2021)^‡^c Guinea (2021)^c Sudan (September 2021) Sudan (October 2021)^c Burkina Faso (January 2022)^c Guinea-Bissau (2022) Burkina Faso (September 2022)^c São Tomé and Príncipe (2022) Gambia (2022) Sudan (2023) Niger (2023)^c Gabon (2023)^c Burkina Faso (2023) Sierra Leone (2023) Guinea-Bissau (2023) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024)
^c: successful coup ^‡ self-coup no sign for attempted coup

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