Gambian authorities have arrested two people in a suspected plot against the U.S. ambassador here, a U.S. State Department official said Sunday. The plot concerned "a possible threat" to Ambassador Jackson McDonald, a State Department official in Washington said on condition of anonymity. Neither U.S. Embassy officials in the capital, Banjul, nor Gambia military or government officials could immediately be reached for comment. Gambia, a former British colony that won independence in 1965, is a predominantly Muslim nation of 1.5 million people. A largely tranquil West African country of poor farmers, Gambia is not known for harboring anti-American sentiment.
In Gambia? Something happened in Gambia? They'll probably put this in their history books... |