By A Special Correspondent Arfang Madi Sillah, a Washington-based Gambian scholar and instructional designer specializing in higher education, has authored a groundbreaking textbook titled The Essentials of Spycraft to Statecraft. Comprising 12 comprehensive chapters, the textbook provides an in-depth examination of the principles, practices, and complexities underpinning intelligence operations. It […]
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 […]
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, […]
Ex-Brigadier General Bora Colley by all accounts is a high-level security threat to the state and society of the Gambia. As a leading member of the death squad, Junglers, Bora’s name could be heard throughout the TRRC hearings in almost all cases of arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, enforced disappearance and […]