{{The leader of a failed coup in the Gambia who spent his last years in exile has died in Mali, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.}}
And the Senegalese branch of Amnesty International is accusing the Senegalese government of being responsible for the death of Koukoye Samba Sanyang, who the Dakar authorities deported to Mali in April over “dissident activities.”
The late Sanyang was born of a Senegalese mother in neighbouring Gambia and subsequently naturalised in Senegal.
“There is no government in the world that is known for deporting its citizens for whatever reason,” said Mr Seydy Gassama of the Amnesty Senegal branch..
He claimed that the Senegalese government knew of Sanyang’s illness at the time of his “expulsion” well before the deportation.
But a senior Senegalese government official who wished anonymity told Africa Review that the late Sanyang was expelled because of his links with dissident activities.
“Given the prevailing security threats against Senegal by rebels in the southern Casamance (where Sagna allegedly has roots) as well as from Islamist jihadists in neighbouring Mali, he posed a threat as well,” the official insisted.
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