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 […]
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PRESS RELEASE: CLARIFICATION OF AN AUDIO OF AN EX-SOLDIER OF THE GAMBIA ARMED FORCES TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
1. The attention of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) High Command has been drawn to an audio (and a photo) purportedly of a soldier making the rounds on social media platforms especially YouTube. In the said audio, an individual, claiming to be a soldier of GAF, is heard issuing threats […]
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, […]
Death Toll In State Guards Battalion Car Accident Rises To 2
The death has been announced of Abdourahman Barry, a soldier of the State Guards Battalion posted at the President’s birthplace Mankamang Kunda in the Upper River Region (URR). The SG Battalion soldier was among the three injured soldiers who were admitted at the Basse Hospital on Thursday, 15th August 2024, following […]