Security

By Seedy Jobe The Gambia Immigration Department said on Thursday that an armed man in military-style camouflage disrupted an operation to intercept a boat carrying suspected irregular migrants off the coast of…

Bakary K. Badjie, who represents the Foni Bintang Karanai By Makutu Manneh Bakary K. Badjie, National Assembly Member for Foni Bintang Karanai, has called on President Adama Barrow to engage in dialogue with Senegalese President…

Seedy Mukhtar Touray, Inspector General By Makutu Manneh The inspector general of police, Seedy Mukhtar Touray, said on Tuesday that limited mobility and a lack of digital infrastructure continue to hinder the…

Muhammed BS Jallow, Vice President Of The Gambia By Fatou Sillah The National Assembly has approved legislation amending the country’s national security framework, introducing a new levy on imports aimed at financing…

Training participants. By Makutu Manneh The Gambia Navy and a French military Mobile Training Team began a two-week joint exercise at the Gambia Armed Forces’ Forward Operating Base in Yundum, aimed at enhancing the tactical…

Bakary K. Badjie, Foni Bintang Karanai By Seedy Jobe A member of the National Assembly on Tuesday voiced alarm over what he described as an intensifying and “terrifying” armed confrontation along the country’s southern border with…

Modou Musa Sisawo, Police PRO By Fatou Sillah The Gambia Police Force plans to train more than 500 additional officers in the coming months as part of efforts to strengthen security and manage public order ahead of the…

By Seedy Jobe The Gambia Armed Forces has repositioned its Military Vehicle Check Point (VCP) in Bwiam Village, Foni Kansala District of the West Coast Region, following a series of road traffic accidents in the area,…

By Seedy Jobe President Adama Barrow on Wednesday paid tribute to the outgoing commander of the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia, Col. Ndiagne Diouf, and formally received his successor, Col. Aliou Tine, at a ceremony held at the…

Essa Faal, Party Leader of APP-SOBEYA By Fatou Sillah Essa Mbye Faal, leader of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Progress (APP), sharply criticized the Gambian government on Monday for what he described as persistent…