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Article: Hungry young lions? (coup in Gambia)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- October 1, 1994
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Initial African reaction to the coup in The Gambia was surprisingly sympathetic. Many saw it as a necessary intervention by a young and idealistic group of soldiers. But, as Anver Versi points out, recent pronouncements by the regime are disturbing signs that an autocracy is being set in place.
IT now appears that the July 22 coup in The Gambia, which at first sight appeared spontaneous (See AB September 1994), was in fact premeditated. The tiny west African country's new, and astonishingly young rulers have been gradually opening up to the media and displaying an equally surprising articulateness.
The Chairman of the Ruling Council, Lt Yaya Jammeh however, ...