Abstract:
Military coups in Africa took a violent shape in many African countries after independence. The countries that fought for political and economic freedom from foreign domination became infected with so many internal political issues. While it will be quite difficult to put all the causes of a military coup in one basket, some predominant factors leading to so many coup d'états in Africa are the Failure of some African governments to meet the expectations of their citizens, bad governance, and mismanagement of public resources, overstay in power by elected presidents and of course the influence of neocolonialism in Africa. Thus, the 1994 coup d'états in The Gambia was also waged to topple the President Jawara-led administration based on some of the above symptoms found in many African countries.
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