Colonel Lamin F.K Jammeh, Director of Policy and Plans at the Defence Headquarters in Banjul has passed away today, 10th May 2023. According to an obituary announcement posted the Ministry of Defence the sad event occurred this morning at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul. The funeral ceremony […]
The remaining Senegalese combatants of the Second World War have returned from France. The war veterans were on Friday received by President Macky Sall at the Presidential Palace in Dakar. He also decorated the veterans in the presence of military and service chiefs, diplomats, and cabinet ministers. The veterans also […]
The Senegalese president Macky Sall has promoted Colonel Fatou Fall (a doctor in the Senegalese Army) to the rank of Brigadier General on Tuesday. According to Seneweb, this information was announced by the Minister of Armed Forces Sidiki Kaba. “The head of state has appointed to the rank of general […]
In Guinea, the ruling junta, led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has decided to remove Colonel Mamadou Alpha Barry and 26 other soldiers from the national army. Mr Barry had been sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison for aggravated theft. His sentence was however reduced to four years in […]