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2 perm secs, others in court today

Dr Badara Loum and Suruwa Jaiteh, former permanent secretaries at the Department of Agriculture are today, Wednesday, expected to appear before Justice Wowo of the Criminal Court Division of the High Court.  The two are facing charges of theft filed against them by the state. They both pleaded not guilty.  The trial was initially presided over by Justice Monagen whose tenure came to an end earlier this year. Hamadi Sowe, the last man facing trial on concealment of treason in the 2006 foiled...

Gambia Armed Forces Is Rapidly Expanding - CDS Tamba

The Chief of Defence Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces, Major General Lang Tombong Tamba has revealed that the Gambia Armed Forces is rapidly expanding and thus called on all soldiers to keep up the momentum. Military career, seen as one of the noblest, most interesting and challenging professions in the world has over the years seen the enrolment of a good number of Gambian youths. This latest intake, which is the biggest recruit intake ever trained in the history of the Gambia Armed Forces is...

US Defence Force largesse to GAF

In a bid to curb the menace of illegal sea activities such as poaching, smuggling, drug and human trafficking, amongst others, the United States Defence Force, through its Ambassador to The Gambia, Barry L.Wells, on Wednesday, handed over Maritime Security and Safety Information System(MSSIS) project and Solar Power System, to The Gambia Armed Forces, at a ceremony held at the Naval Command in Banjul. The MSSIS network is to assist and provide emerging partners with capability to detect, track,...

CDS decorates soldiers

Major General Lang Tombong Tamba, the chief of defence staff of The Gambia Armed Forces yesterday decorated 58 GAF junior officers to various ranks in accordance with Section 190 of the Constitution of The Gambia. 22 officers were promoted to captain, 43 to lieutenant and 14 to second lieutenant, which is the largest promotions in the history of the Gambia Armed Forces. Soon after the decoration ceremony, CDS Tamba told the newly promoted officiers that their promotion as well as the promotion...

Senegal-Gambia military cooperation ratcheted

Senegal and The Gambia are determine to reinforcing the two countries’ military cooperation with a focus on peace-keeping operations and training troops from both sides. This development evolved from a “successful” visit to Senegal by Brigadier General Lang Tombong Tamba, The Gambia’s chief defence of staff. Brig. Gen Tamba arrived in Dakar early last week and was accorded with a military welcome upon his arrival, after he was received by his Senegalese counterpart, Le Général de Corps d’Armée...