The Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party ( GSRP ) was a communist party in the West African state of The Gambia , most noted for leading a failed insurrection in 1981 against the government of Dawda Jawara .
7-553: The GSRP was formed in early 1980 by Gibril L George and subsequently banned by the government in October of the same year. The name Gambia Underground Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (GUSRWP) was adopted. At this time Kukoi Sanyang , a Gambian socialist, returned from abroad and became active in the party. On 30 July 1981 the party, along with disaffected members of the Gambia Field Force launched an unsuccessful coup against
14-421: The unsuccessful 1981 coup d'état against the government of Dawda Jawara . Sanyang was born in the village of Wassadu in the district of Foni Jarrol . On 31 July 1981, while Jawara was abroad, a 12-member National Revolutionary Council (NRC) headed by Sanyang seized control of the country. The leftist NRC accused Jawara 's government of being " corrupt , tribalistic , and despotic ". They also announced
21-624: The 1981 coup attempt. In 1989 “Dr. Manning” was listed by the NPFL as Taylor's vice-president, but was soon edged out by Taylor and retired to manage a bar in Ouagadougou . In 1995 the Farafenni army camp was attacked by half a dozen men who killed some Gambian soldiers and held the camp for several hours. Some of the attackers, later captured, claimed they were Sanyang's collaborators. They have been condemned to death and are awaiting their execution. Another
28-479: The government . The insurrection was quickly defeated following the military intervention of Senegal; Gibril George was killed, Kukoi Sanyang fled to Guinea-Bissau and the party effectively dissolved. This article about a political party in The Gambia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kukoi Sanyang Kukoi Samba Sanyang (1952 – 18 June 2013) was a Gambian politician and leader of
35-503: The suspension of the country's constitution and proclaimed their intention to establish a " dictatorship of the proletariat ". The attempted coup ended on 5 August when Senegalese troops defeated the rebel forces. Sanyang took refuge in Libya , which had also given him some backing for the coup attempt. Charles Taylor visited Libya several times, probably between 1986 and 1989. He met with Sanyang and other Gambians who had participated in
42-898: Was along with some of his men put in detention “at the house of a military officer in Bissau " during a visit to that country. He was detained at the Masuang Military Camp "in maximum military detention” on 12 May 2007. On January 30, some military officers in Bissau blocked their own government in its attempts to hand Kukoi Sanyang over to the authorities in Banjul. That government has spent close to three million US dollars in its attempts at extradition, wanting to arrange for Sanyang's repatriation to Banjul against Casamance hard-line rebel leader being handed over to Senegal. It has been suggested that Sanyang may have been preparing an attack on Yahya Jammeh prior to
49-499: Was arrested in 2003, being held in Banjul and still on trial by early 2007. In 2003 Sanyang based himself in Senegal and went several times to The Gambia to talk with Gambian President Yahya Jammeh at his Kanilai residence. In August 2003 the negotiations failed and Sanyang returned to Senegal for permanent residence. In early June 2006, shortly before the Gambian presidential elections, he
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