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| Gambia's President Jammeh seeks 'foreign' attackers | Gambia's President Jammeh seeks 'foreign' attackers |
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| Soldiers loyal to Gambian President Yahya Jammeh are rounding up opponents after a reported coup attempt, sources say. | Soldiers loyal to Gambian President Yahya Jammeh are rounding up opponents after a reported coup attempt, sources say. |
| President Jammeh has blamed dissidents based in the US, Germany and the UK for the attack. | President Jammeh has blamed dissidents based in the US, Germany and the UK for the attack. |
| Heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in Banjul on Tuesday but details are sketchy. | Heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in Banjul on Tuesday but details are sketchy. |
| 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. |
| The president denied that the attack was mounted by sections of the Gambian military. | The president denied that the attack was mounted by sections of the Gambian military. |
| "The Gambian armed forces are very loyal as far as we are concerned - there isn't any single participation of the armed forces except nullifying the attack," he said in a televised address on Wednesday. | "The Gambian armed forces are very loyal as far as we are concerned - there isn't any single participation of the armed forces except nullifying the attack," he said in a televised address on Wednesday. |
| "So this cannot be called a military coup - this was an attack by a terrorist group backed by some powers that I would not name." | "So this cannot be called a military coup - this was an attack by a terrorist group backed by some powers that I would not name." |
| Five insurgents are believed to have been killed after hours of fighting on Tuesday, according to AFP news agency. | Five insurgents are believed to have been killed after hours of fighting on Tuesday, according to AFP news agency. |
| President Jammeh has accused insurgents based in Western countries for the incident. | |
| The US government has denied that it had any role in the alleged coup attempt. | |
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called for an investigation into the attack and also urged the government and security forces in Banjul to "act in full respect of human rights". | |
| Mr Jammeh was out of the country at the time of the attack but has since returned to the capital Banjul. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |