Press Statement from Ministry of Defence. The President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces Mr. Adama Barrow, on Friday 24th June presided over the decoration ceremony of twelve (12) Senior Officers of the Gambia Armed Forces elevated from the rank of a Major to Lieutenant Colonel at the Statehouse in […]
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Sami Karantaba Police Station, 2 others to be built, IGP reveals
Abdoulie Sanyang, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Gambia Police Force, has disclosed that three new police stations will be built at Essau in the North Bank Region, Old Yundum in the West Coast Region and Sami Karantaba in the Central River Region north. The IGP made this […]
GPF Personnel Participate In International Training On Quality Management And Forensic Science in Senegal
Three personnel of the Gambia Police Force are currently in Dakar, Senegal to partake in an international training on Quality Management and Forensic Science, courtesy of GIZ ( Senegal). The Gambian Police delegation headed by the Deputy spokesperson (PRO), Inspector Alieu Jamanka, are joined by other police officers from the sub-region. The training […]
IGP defends police action against UDP supporters, says “firing tear gas is part of the internationally accepted standard to disperse crowds“
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Gambia Police Force Abdoulie Sanyang has said that the action of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) to fire tear gas on supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) who were gathered in front of the UDP leader Hon. Ousainou Darboe’s compound along […]