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Unit 12
Grades 9-10
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The Gambia, 2016-2017: When Regional Intervention Actually Worked

Yahya Jammeh seized power in The Gambia through a 1994 military coup and ruled for the following 22 years with escalating authoritarianism, at one point declaring he intended to remain president for "a billion years" if necessary. On December 1, 2016, in what BBC News called…

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