President Barrow Adama Barrow on 9th August 2023 presided over the launch of the country’s maiden Defence Policy, describing it as a historic milestone in The Gambia’s Security Sector. The Policy, a key objective of the Security Sector Reform, seeks to safeguard the country’s sovereignty, national interests, core values, and […]
Author: LamToro News
Boro Kanda Kasse Community Development Association donates to flood victims
In response to the 16th July 2023 flooding in Boro Kanda Kasse village in Wuli East District, Upper River Region, which destroyed many household belongings, food items, small ruminants and crops, the Boro Kanda Kasse Community Development Association (BKKCDA) on 29th July came to the rescue of the affected community […]
French lawyer Juan Branco faces 4 criminal count charges, remanded at Rebeuss prison
Arrested on Friday night in Mauritania, some 100 km from the capital Nouakchott, lawyer Juan Branco, a member of the Ousmane Sonko defense team, was finally remanded after midnight on August 6 at the Rebeuss prison in Dakar. According to Lawyer Ciré Clédor Ly, who recalls that the Franco-Spaniard “was […]
Ousmane Sonko’s PASTEF party banned
The Government of Senegal has banned PASTEF, the party of the leading oppostion figure Ousmane Sonko. This decision was announced in a press release signed by the Minister of Interior Antoine Dione on Monday, 31st July 2023. It is also indicated that “following the events which constitute a serious and […]