Gambia's high court today sentenced a soldier to 12 years in prison.
President of Gambia Adama Barrow arrives to address the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2022.Gambia’s high court yesterday sentenced a soldier to 12 years in prison for leading a foiled coup last year against President Adama Barrow’s administration.
Eight soldiers were charged with treason and conspiracy in January for their role in a December 21, 2022 coup attempt in the West African nation of 2.5 million people almost entirely surrounded by Senegal. Two civilians and a police officer were also charged with concealment of treason and conspiracy to commit a felony.The soldier accused of being the ringleader, Sanna Fadera, was found guilty of treason, the court ruled yesterday. Three other accused soldiers were acquitted of all charges.
Coup attempts are not uncommon in Gambia, which is still reeling from over two decades under former president Yahya Jammeh that were marked by authoritarianism and alleged abuses. Jammeh himself seized power in 1994 and foiled several attempts to overthrow him before he lost an election in late 2016 to Barrow. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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