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PRESS RELEASE – CLARIFICATION ON SELF – IMPOSED ISOLATION BY THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF OF THE GAMBIA ARMED FORCES

The attention of the High Command of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) is drawn to several media publications and reports as regards the self-isolation undertaken by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Yakuba A Drammeh. The Gambia Armed Forces wishes to state that Major General Yakuba A Drammeh had travelled on an official […]

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GAF ON PREVENTION MOOD AGAINST COVID – 19

The Gambia Armed Forces units as of 17 and 18 March 2020 embarks on momentum- gaining strides to protect their personnel and those visiting military installations against Covid-19. It may be informative to note that scores of civilians living in and around military camps and installations amongst other things visit the clinics within for treatment […]

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LIEUTENANT GENERAL MN KINTEH HANDS OVER COMMAND TO MAJOR GENERAL YAKUBA A DRAMMEH IN A COLOURFUL CEREMONY AT THE DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS IN BANJUL ON 17 MARCH 2020

At exactly 12:12 local time in the city of Banjul, the out-gone Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General Masanneh N Kinteh arrived at the Defence Headquarters grounds. Buglers of the Gambia Armed Forces Band and Drum blared a general salute in a splendid quarter guard mounted by the Guards Battalion.   The ceremony graduated […]

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