The United States says it has no hand in an attempted coup which was thwarted in Gambia, after local media and several analysts said some of the plotters were U.S. residents or dual nationals.
“The U.S. government had absolutely no role in the events that took place in Banjul,” the official told Reuters, adding that the U.S. Embassy in the capital of Banjul remained open. “Banjul is currently calm and we have no reports of violence,” a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.
The State Department on Tuesday strongly condemned the attempted coup and called on parties to refrain from further violence.
Meanwhile, President Yahya Jammeh who was away from the country when the coup plotters struck has returned to the country.