1994 Gambian coup d'état

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In the 1994 Gambian coup d’état, then 29-year-old Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless coup d’état on 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara who had been President of the Gambia since 1970.^[1]

References

↑ In Gambia, New Coup Follows Old Pattern

African coups d'état, self-coups and attempted coups since 1960

1960s	Republic of the Congo (1960) Ethiopia (1960) French Algeria (1961) Senegal (1962) Togo (1963) Gabon (1964) Zanzibar (1964) Algeria (1965) Burundi (1965) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965) Central African Republic (1965–1966) Burundi (July 1966) Burundi (November 1966) Ghana (1966) Upper Volta (1966) Nigeria (January 1966) Nigeria (July 1966) Republic of the Congo (1966) Ghana (1967) Togo (1967) Mali (1968) Republic of the Congo (1968) Sudan (1969) Libya (1969) Somalia (1969)

1970s	Lesotho (1970) Uganda (1971) Morocco (1971) Sudan (1971) Ghana (1972) Morocco (1972) Republic of the Congo (1972) Rwanda (1973) Niger (1974) Comoros (1975) Nigeria (1975) Chad (1975) Burundi (1976) Nigeria (1976) Republic of the Congo (1977) Seychelles (1977) Sudan (1977) Central African Republic (1979) Ghana (1979) Equatorial Guinea (1979)

1980s	Liberia (1980) Guinea-Bissau (1980) Upper Volta (1980) Central African Republic (1981) Gambia (1981) Ghana (1981) Seychelles (1981) Central African Republic (1982) Kenya (1982) Upper Volta (1982) Upper Volta (1983) Upper Volta (1983) Nigeria (1983) Mauritania (1984) Cameroon (1984) Guinea (1984) Uganda (1985) Nigeria (1985) Sudan (1985) Lesotho (1986) Burkina Faso (1987) Burundi (1987) Republic of the Congo (1987) Tunisia (1987) Sudan (1989) Burkina Faso (1989) Ethiopia (1989)

1990s	Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Mali (1991) Lesotho (1991) Sierra Leone (1992) Algeria (1992) Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993) The Gambia (1994) Lesotho (1994) Burundi (1996) Niger (1996) Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999) Côte d'Ivoire (1999)

2000s	Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Central African Republic (2003) São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Burkina Faso (2003) Chad (2004) Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005) Chad (2006) Madagascar (2006) Guinea (2008) Mauritania (2008) Madagascar (2009)

2010s	Niger (2010) Guinea-Bissau (2010) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Mali (2012) Guinea-Bissau (2012) Egypt (2013) Libya (2013) Central African Republic (2012–13) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Lesotho (2014) The Gambia (2014) Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015)

Coups, self-coups, and attempted coups since 1991

1990s	Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Soviet Union (1991) Haiti (1991)^c Georgia (1991–1992)^c Thailand (1992) Venezuela (1992) Peru (1992)^‡ Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992) Guatemala (1993)^‡ Azerbaijan (1993)^c Russia (1993)^‡ Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c The Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Azerbaijan (1995) Qatar (1995)^c Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Turkey (1997)^c Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Pakistan (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c

2000s	Fiji (2000)^c Ecuador (2000)^c Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Venezuela (2002) Central African Republic (2003) Philippines (2003) São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Chad (2004) Haiti (2004)^c Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005)^c Philippines (2006) Chad (2006) Thailand (2006)^c Madagascar (2006) Fiji (2006)^c Laos (2007) Philippines (2007) Turkey (2007) East Timor (2008) Mauritania (2008)^c Guinea (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c Honduras (2009)^c

2010s	Niger (2010)^c Guinea-Bissau (2010)^c Ecuador (2010) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Mali (2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Central African Republic (2012–13) Egypt (2013)^c Libya (2013) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Thailand (2014)^c Lesotho (2014) Yemen (2014–15)^c Burundi (2015)

^c coup ^‡ self-coup

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