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Two men in US charged with conspiring to overthrow Gambian government
Source: Agence France-Presse
Two men in US charged with conspiring to overthrow Gambian government
Agence France-Presse in Washington
theguardian.com, Monday 5 January 2015 17.19 GMT
US prosecutors have charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of the Gambia, in the latest fallout 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 30 December coup attempt against President Yahya Jammeh’s government, according to the US Justice Department, which released the criminal complaint against the two men.
Faal, 46, was expected to make an initial appearance in court on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while Njie, 57, was to appear on Monday in US district court in Baltimore, Maryland.
“These defendants stand accused of conspiring to carry out the violent overthrow of a foreign government, in violation of US law,” the US attorney general, Eric Holder, said in a statement.
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Agence France-Presse in Washington
theguardian.com, Monday 5 January 2015 17.19 GMT
US prosecutors have charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of the Gambia, in the latest fallout 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 30 December coup attempt against President Yahya Jammeh’s government, according to the US Justice Department, which released the criminal complaint against the two men.
Faal, 46, was expected to make an initial appearance in court on Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while Njie, 57, was to appear on Monday in US district court in Baltimore, Maryland.
“These defendants stand accused of conspiring to carry out the violent overthrow of a foreign government, in violation of US law,” the US attorney general, Eric Holder, said in a statement.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/05/gambia-coup-conspiracy-two-charged-us
