List of wars involving the Gambia

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of the Gambia.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1981 Gambian coup d'etat
(1981) 		 Gambia
 Senegal
 United Kingdom 		GUSRWP Victory
Casamance conflict
(1982–2017) 		MFDC
  • Three main factions (Sadio, Badiatte, and Diatta Groups)[1]
  • Various splinter factions[2]

Guinea-Bissau rebels (1998–99)[3]
Alleged support:
 Gambia (until 2017)[4]

 Senegal
 Guinea-Bissau (Vieira government, 1998–99)[2]
Non-combat support:
 Morocco[5] 		Ceasefire
  • Unilateral ceasefire; ongoing low-level violence.
1994 Gambian coup d'état
(1994) 		Flag of the Gambia.svg Government of the Gambia Gambian military faction Coup attempt succeeds
2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt
(2014) 		The Gambia Gambian Government
  • Military of the Gambia
 Faction of the Presidential Guard[6][7] Victory
2016–17 Gambian constitutional crisis
(2016–2017) 		The Gambia Pro-Yahya Jammeh forces

Casamance MFDC[9][10]
Foreign mercenaries[9]

ECOWAS

The Gambia Pro-Barrow forces

Pro-Barrow forces victory

References[]

  1. ^ Christophe Châtelot (19 June 2012). "Boundaries of Casamance remain blurred after 30 years of conflict". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Minahan (2002), pp. 400, 401.
  3. ^ Minahan (2002), p. 400.
  4. ^ "FURTHER STRAINS IN TIES WITH SENEGAL OVER CASAMANCE". Wikileaks. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ^ "ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS". Wikileaks. 27 December 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Gunfire Reported in Gambian Capital as President Away". New York Times. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gambia crisis: Senegal troops 'enter' to back new president". BBC. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Jammeh's party petitions Supreme Court to halt Barrow's investiture". AfricaNews. 20 January 2017.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Kwanue, C. Y. (18 January 2017). "Gambia: Jammeh 'Imports Rebels'" – via AllAfrica.
  10. ^ Ewubare, Kess. "Breaking: Gambian Navy desert Jammeh, declare allegiance to Barrow".
  11. ^ Jones, Bryony; Westcott, Ben; Masters, James (20 January 2017). "Gambia: Defeated leader Yahya Jammeh faces military showdown". CNN.
  12. ^ Ewubare, Kess (19 January 2017). "Breaking: Gambian Navy desert Jammeh, declare allegiance to Barrow". Naij. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Gambia's new president has been sworn in at an embassy in Senegal because the old one won't leave". Quartz. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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