Gambian authorities have foiled a military coup attempt and arrested four soldiers plotting to overthrow President Adama Barrow’s administration, the government said on Wednesday. The Gambian military arrested four soldiers linked to the alleged coup after a military operation on Tuesday, it said in a statement. Coup attempts are not uncommon in The Gambia, a tiny West African country of 2.5 million almost entirely surrounded by Senegal, which is still reeling from more than two decades under former President Yahya Jammeh marked by authoritarianism and alleged abuses. Jammeh himself seized…
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