US charges two over failed Gambia coup
What you need to know:
- US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia.
- US-Gambian dual national Papa Faal and US resident Cherno Njie were arrested in the United States after they returned from Gambia.
WASHINGTON
US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia, in the latest fall-out from last week's failed coup attempt in the small West-African nation.
US-Gambian dual national Papa Faal and US resident Cherno Njie were arrested in the United States after they returned from Gambia, where they had travelled to help launch a December 30 coup attempt against President Yahya Jammeh's government, the US Justice Department said in a statement.
