President Jammeh has blamed dissidents based in the US, Germany and the UK for the attack

Soldiers loyal to Gambian President Yahya Jammeh are rounding up opponents after a reported coup attempt, sources say. 

.President Jammeh has blamed dissidents based in the US, Germany and the UK for the attack

Heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in Banjul on Tuesday but details are sketchy.


Mr Jammeh seized power in the tiny West African nation in 1994, and is accused of not tolerating any opposition.
The president denied that the attack was mounted by sections of the Gambian military.
"The Gambian armed forces are very loyal as far as we are concerned - there isn't any single participation of the armed forces except nullifying the attack," he said in a television interview on Wednesday night.
"So this cannot be called a military coup - this was an attack by a terrorist group backed by some powers that I would not name."
The US government has denied that it had any role in the alleged coup attempt. 

BBC