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Gambian Coup Attempt of 1981

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Banjul

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Failed leftist coup against Jawara crushed by Senegalese intervention, leading to the short-lived Senegambia Confederation.

Belligerents3

Gambia
Senegal
Kukoi Samba Sanyang's faction

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Gambian Coup Attempt of 1981 (1981). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/gambian-coup-attempt-of-1981 · Sources & methodology