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The Gambia’s government says it has thwarted an attempt to stage a coup. Four soldiers had been arrested and three alleged accomplices were on the run, a statement said. It is unclear who exactly was behind Tuesday’s attempt to overthrow President Adama Barrow, who won a second term in elections …

A judge in The Gambia has sentenced to death the country’s former intelligence chief , Yankuba Badjie and four other security agents for the killing in 2016 of a political activist in the final days of brutal rule under former President Yahya Jammeh.   The activist, Ebrima Solo Sandeng – …