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15 U.S.-Backed Officers had Hand in 12 West African Coups
October 6, 2023
But the State Department doesn’t know anything about it — or doesn’t want to. Why?
‘Billion-year’ Gambian President Was Installed by the CIA
January 22, 2017
Gambian President and dictator Yahya Jammeh, facing a combined military force composed of Senegalese army troops, the Nigerian air force, and troops from Mali, Ghana, and Togo, has agreed to relinquish the presidency of Gambia. On December 1, 2016, Jammeh was defeated for re-election in a surprise upset by his little-known rival Adama Barrow. Jammeh received only 45 percent of the vote.
