Tag: army

News, Security

Analysis: Leadership Incompetence Facing The Gambia Armed Forces: The Urgent Need To Fix The Military

By Assan Sallah, Security Affairs Correspondent. Part One. The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) like many other militaries around the world are currently facing serious challenges due to leadership incompetence. Recently, some young soldiers were leaving the army for greener pasture abroad despite the security sector reform which has been ongoing […]

News, Security

There Should be Accountability for the Army Checkpoint Shooting

Today is exactly one month and a week since the shooting incident that happened around the Sir Dawda Kairaba international conference centre in which soldiers opened fire on a vehicle carrying some Gambian youths. As a result, one of them, Stanislav Gomez sustained injuries with a bullet still lodged in […]

News, Opinion, Security

National Security Under Threat : An Expert Analysis of the Barrow Administration’s  Defense and Security Policies

By Arfang Madi Sillah, Washington DC National security has emerged as a paramount focus in the contemporary geopolitical arena, with nation-states around the world recalibrating their strategic priorities to address an increasingly complex array of threats. In an era characterized by the proliferation of  non-state actors, cyber warfare, transnational crime, […]