{"id":54667,"date":"2022-12-22T09:06:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T07:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwiza.com\/?p=54667"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:06:32","slug":"gambia-government-confirms-attempted-coup-four-arrested-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667","title":{"rendered":"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in The Gambia say they have arrested four people for an alleged failed coup against the administration of President Adama Barrow, the first such defiance to his government since he defeated long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh.<\/p>\n<p>Three other people are being sought for their alleged involvement in the plot, according to the government.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFb4BoRkNZA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gambia government announces that based on intelligence reports that some soldiers of the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected Government of President Adama Barrow, the GAF High Command in a swift military operation conducted yesterday, arrested four soldiers linked to this alleged coup plot,\u201d it said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours about the alleged coup surfaced early Wednesday morning. It comes as the government comes under pressure to bring to justice members of the former regime accused of human rights violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in The Gambia say they have arrested four people for an alleged failed coup against the administration of President Adama Barrow, the first such defiance to his government since he defeated long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh. Three other people are being sought for their alleged involvement in the plot, according to the government. \u201cThe Gambia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[464],"class_list":["post-54667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en","tag-in-slide-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested - BWIZA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested - BWIZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authorities in The Gambia say they have arrested four people for an alleged failed coup against the administration of President Adama Barrow, the first such defiance to his government since he defeated long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh. Three other people are being sought for their alleged involvement in the plot, according to the government. \u201cThe Gambia [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BWIZA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-22T07:06:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-25T17:06:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fred Rugira\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fred Rugira\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fred Rugira\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9d3b9f5d9f5c181f02690704b58df55\"},\"headline\":\"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T07:06:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T17:06:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667\"},\"wordCount\":146,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"In Slide - English\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667\",\"name\":\"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested - BWIZA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T07:06:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-25T17:06:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?p=54667#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"BWIZA\",\"description\":\"Isoko y&#039;amakuru acukumbuye\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BWIZA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/bwiza-ikirango.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/bwiza-ikirango.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":42,\"caption\":\"BWIZA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9d3b9f5d9f5c181f02690704b58df55\",\"name\":\"Fred Rugira\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bwiza.com\\\/?author=12\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested - BWIZA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested - BWIZA","og_description":"Authorities in The Gambia say they have arrested four people for an alleged failed coup against the administration of President Adama Barrow, the first such defiance to his government since he defeated long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh. Three other people are being sought for their alleged involvement in the plot, according to the government. \u201cThe Gambia [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667","og_site_name":"BWIZA","article_published_time":"2022-12-22T07:06:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-25T17:06:32+00:00","author":"Fred Rugira","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fred Rugira","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667"},"author":{"name":"Fred Rugira","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d9d3b9f5d9f5c181f02690704b58df55"},"headline":"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested","datePublished":"2022-12-22T07:06:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T17:06:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667"},"wordCount":146,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["In Slide - English"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667","url":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667","name":"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested - BWIZA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-12-22T07:06:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-25T17:06:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=54667#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gambia government confirms \u2018attempted\u2019 coup, four arrested"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/","name":"BWIZA","description":"Isoko y&#039;amakuru acukumbuye","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#organization","name":"BWIZA","url":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bwiza-ikirango.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bwiza-ikirango.png","width":150,"height":42,"caption":"BWIZA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d9d3b9f5d9f5c181f02690704b58df55","name":"Fred Rugira","url":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?author=12"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}