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| Yahya Jammeh: Gambia president 'home after coup plot' | Yahya Jammeh: Gambia president 'home after coup plot' |
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| The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has returned to the country after a reported coup attempt, sources say. | The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has returned to the country after a reported coup attempt, sources say. |
| Heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in Banjul on Tuesday but officials say the military takeover was thwarted. | Heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in Banjul on Tuesday but officials say the military takeover was thwarted. |
| Details remain sketchy - an official told the BBC that everything had now returned to normal. | Details remain sketchy - an official told the BBC that everything had now returned to normal. |
| Mr Jammeh seized power in the tiny West African nation in 1994, and is accused of not tolerating any opposition. | Mr Jammeh seized power in the tiny West African nation in 1994, and is accused of not tolerating any opposition. |
| Journalist Omar Wally told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that businesses had reopened, after closing on Tuesday. | |
| He said military checkpoints had been set up at the Denton Bridge which links the island capital to the mainland and cars were being searched. | |
| The pro-opposition Freedom newspaper reports that four people were killed, including the alleged ringleader Lamin Sanneh, a former head of the presidential guards, but this has not been confirmed. | The pro-opposition Freedom newspaper reports that four people were killed, including the alleged ringleader Lamin Sanneh, a former head of the presidential guards, but this has not been confirmed. |
| Mr Jammeh was said to have been in either France or Dubai during Tuesday's unrest but different sources agree he has now returned. | Mr Jammeh was said to have been in either France or Dubai during Tuesday's unrest but different sources agree he has now returned. |
| Who is Yahya Jammeh? | Who is Yahya Jammeh? |
| Seized power in 1994, aged 29 | Seized power in 1994, aged 29 |
| Accused of stamping out opposition | Accused of stamping out opposition |
| Claims to be able to cure HIV/Aids | Claims to be able to cure HIV/Aids |
| In 2011, told the BBC he would rule for "a billion years" | In 2011, told the BBC he would rule for "a billion years" |
| He has won several elections since seizing power but critics say they were neither free nor fair. | He has won several elections since seizing power but critics say they were neither free nor fair. |
| Numerous officials and opposition leaders have fled the country, saying they fear for their lives. | Numerous officials and opposition leaders have fled the country, saying they fear for their lives. |
| Apart from a short Atlantic coast, The Gambia is entirely surrounded by Senegal. | Apart from a short Atlantic coast, The Gambia is entirely surrounded by Senegal. |
| The main foreign-currency earners for the country of two million people are tourism and peanut exports. | The main foreign-currency earners for the country of two million people are tourism and peanut exports. |