The Gambia Navy participated in the Grand African Nemo exercise on the 3rd and 4th of November 2018. The Exercise was held within The Gambia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters in collaboration with other West African navies and the French Navy. African Nemo is an operational cooperation exercise conducted by France in order to develop […]
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales and a powerful entourage descended on the training school grounds of the Gambia Armed Forces in Fajara on 1 November 2018. The historic visit forms part of the Prince’s visit to the Gambia at the beginning of a 9 Day tour of West Africa. He was received on […]
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The Gambia Armed Forces plays host to the 42nd General Assembly of West Africa Liaison Officer (WALO). The event is an annual activity aimed at Promoting Military sportsmanship. This fosters mutual understanding between states of the West African Sub-Region and share ideas in the area of sports with the slogged friendship through sports. The ceremony […]
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The Gambian Contingent 21(GAMCOY 21) in Darfur, Sudan conducted Live Firing exercise at the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) 6 Division Military shooting Range from the 13th to 14th October 2018. The shooting range is located 21-kilometers North of El-Fasher, the political capital of Darfur. The two-day exercise was a vigorous one which saw soldiers display […]
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A peacekeeping environment is always a tough and unsafe milieu.This is due to unpredictable nature of the operations. But no matter what, soldiers carry out their mandate and even go beyond to better situations on the ground. Most parts of Darfur is covered with deserts and mountains therefore it attracts the presumption that the land […]
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