Six senior officers from 6 African countries have arrived into the country as part of African Union Technical Support Team to The Gambia. The team who are all military officers will be deployed to the Ministry of Defence, the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Defence Headquarters. The team will provide support in […]
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The Gambia Armed Forces hereby informs the general public that it will conduct a Live Firing Exercise from 26 to 27 September 2018 at the Lance Corporal Bojang’s Range in Brikama. The general public especially residents living around the range in Brikama, Kassa Kunda, Jalanbang and the other satellite Villages are argued not to panic […]
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The Gambia Navy mounts a gruling 3 hours brought-to-shore 72 illegal migrants as part of a rescue mission on Sunday 23 September 2018. The cohort of young men rescued consist of Gambians and Senegalese. The preliminary reports indicated there were 40 Gambians and 32 Senegalese. The group of young men are said to have started […]
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The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) received military items from the Turkish Government through its Embassy in Banjul on Monday 24 September 2018. The ceremony was held at the Defence Headquarters graced by His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador. The Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Gambia Armed Forces, Major Gen Yankuba A Drammeh was deputizing for the Chief […]
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The Gambia Navy intercepted a boat carrying suspected cannabis sativa whilst on routine security patrol in and about Jakoi general area . The trafficker/s abandoned their boat as the patrol team approached them. On boarding the abandon boat and conducting a search the patrol team found 4 bags of cannabis sativa. The boat was taken […]
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