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Another coup attempt foiled in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s military prosecutor’s office has denounced an attempt to “destabilise state institutions”, involving a senior officer already imprisoned for similar offences, recently released and then arrested again. The military prosecutor’s office said in a statement issued Wednesday evening that “the first elements” of an investigation opened after the denunciation, […]

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Names of alleged coup plotters revealed!

Press Release Dated: 21st December, 2022 UPDATED VERSION ON THE ALLEGED COUP PLOT The Gambia Government Statement On Alleged Coup Plot By Soldiers of ‘The Gambia Armed Forces’ (GAF) Banjul, The Gambia — The Gambia Government announces that based on intelligence reports that some soldiers of the Gambian army were […]

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CDS Drammeh embarks on tour of military installations

THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF GAMBIA ARMED FORCES EMBARKS ON HIS ANNUAL NATIONWIDE TOUR OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS Fulfilling one of his core mandates, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Lieutenant General Yakuba A Drammeh on Monday 31 October 2022 begun his annual nationwide tour […]