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Deposed Burkina Faso military leader seeks refuge in Togo

The Togolese government confirmed on Monday that the deposed head of the Burkinabe junta, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had taken refuge in Togo after the military takeover. “Damiba is in Togo in the spirit of Burkina Faso’s commitment to peace in the sub-region,” Togo’s communication minister and government spokesman […]

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IGP promotes 158 senior officers

THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE PROMOTES 158 POLICE OFFICERS TO SENIOR POLICE RANKS. The Gambia Police Force, Banjul – Effective 1st August 2022, and having been approved by the Ministry of Public Service, Administrative Reform, Policy Coordination and Delivery, the office of the Inspector General of Police […]

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Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government

By Thiam Ndiaga And Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening. 1/7 Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, […]

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Gambia: DLEAG seizes 734 blocks of suspected cocaine

PRESS RELEASE ON THE SEIZURE OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR BLOCKS OF SUSPECTED COCAINE On Wednesday, 28th September 2022, operatives of The Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG) attached to the Kanifing Municipal Command, seized a total of seven hundred and thirty-four (734) blocks of a substance believed to […]