Tag: police

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, Security

Former Police Commissioner Detained for Spreading False News

A former Police Commissioner Cheikhouna Keïta was taken into custody on Friday, following his interrogation at the premises of the Criminal Investigation Division in Dakar, Senegal, Seneweb reports. According to Seneweb, the former police commissioner was arrested after making remarks deemed offensive to the President of the Republic Bassirou Diomaye Faye and […]

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, […]