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| | UNHCR - Information regarding the political situation in The Gambia from the attempted coup in July 1981 to the present ... |
 | | A year later on July 30th 1981, Kukoi Samba Sanyang, a marxist with a small following, seized several points in Banjul in an attempt to take over the government while President Jawara was abroad. |
 | | During the trial for high treason it was alleged that some Gambian and Senegalese citizens had procured false travel documents to facilitate their military training abroad. |
 | | [The Europa World Year Book 1989, (London: Europa Publications Ltd., 1989), p.1095.] Witnesses have suggested that the leader of the Senegalese opposition, Abdoulaye Wade, and Kukoi Sambo Sanyang, leader of the 1981 coup, presently residing in Libya, were both involved in the coup attempt. |
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