List of wars involving the Gambia

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

Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result

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1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt
(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)

|  Senegal
Guinea-Bissau (Vieira government, 1998–99)[2]
Non-combat support:
Morocco | Ceasefire

* Unilateral ceasefire; ongoing low-level violence.

1994 Gambian coup d'état
(1994)  |  Government of the Gambia | Gambian military faction  | Coup attempt succeeds
2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt
(2014)  |  Gambian Government

* Military of the Gambia

| Faction of the Presidential Guard[4][5] | Victory
2016–17 Gambian constitutional crisis
(2016-2017)  |  Pro-Yahya Jammeh forces

* Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction[6]

MFDC[7][8]
Foreign mercenaries[7]

| ECOWAS

* Senegal
* Nigeria
* Ghana
* Mali
* Togo[9]

Pro-Barrow forces

* Coalition 2016
* Gambian Navy[10]

| Pro-Barrow forces victory

* Adama Barrow is sworn in as President in the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal.[11]
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 2337 is passed.
* Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana invade the Gambia in support of Barrow.[5]
* Jammeh steps down and leaves Gambia Alícia fatou

## References

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1. ^ Christophe Châtelot (19 June 2012). "Boundaries of Casamance remain blurred after 30 years of conflict". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
2. ^ a b Minahan (2002), pp. 400, 401.
3. ^ Minahan (2002), p. 400.
4. ^ "Gunfire Reported in Gambian Capital as President Away". New York Times. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
5. ^ a b "Gambia crisis: Senegal troops 'enter' to back new president". BBC. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
6. ^ "Jammeh's party petitions Supreme Court to halt Barrow's investiture". AfricaNews. 20 January 2017.
7. ^ a b Kwanue, C. Y. (18 January 2017). "Gambia: Jammeh 'Imports Rebels'" - via AllAfrica.
8. ^ Ewubare, Kess. "Breaking: Gambian Navy desert Jammeh, declare allegiance to Barrow".
9. ^ Jones, Bryony; Westcott, Ben; Masters, James (20 January 2017). "Gambia: Defeated leader Yahya Jammeh faces military showdown". CNN.
10. ^ Ewubare, Kess (19 January 2017). "Breaking: Gambian Navy desert Jammeh, declare allegiance to Barrow". Naij. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
11. ^ "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.

## Bibliography

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* Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World: A-C. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-32109-4.

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