Gambia's President, Yahya Jammeh has confirmed that he is still in charge of the West African state after his security forces thwarted an attempted coup staged by an ex-army commander
There was heavy gunfire near the presidential palace in Banjul in the early hours of Tuesday as the coup plotters sought to take control of the government. Mr Jammeh who seized power in a coup in 1994 is reported to have been on a visit to France while this was going on.
