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GAF intensifies effort towards food self-sufficiency As State Guard battalion inaugurates fishing boat

Monday, April 06, 2009

President Jammeh’s call for food self-sufficiency has been gaining momentum from across a wider spectrum of society. The latest group of people...

GAF, Guinea Bissau Armed Forces sign MoU

Monday, March 30, 2009

The heads of the army of Guinea Bissau and The Gambia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering issues relating to military...

Australia salutes GAF Commander-in-chief

Thursday, March 26, 2009

In a rare message addressed to the Gambian leader, Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, the commander-in-chief of The Gambia Armed Forces, the minister...

Gamcoy 7 first batch arrives

Monday, February 16, 2009

The first batch of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) contingents - Gamcoy 7, comprising 98 soldiers, last Thursday arrived in the country after a...

Lawyer Jobarteh gives to Laminkoto military post

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Lamin Jobarteh, a prominent Gambian lawyer, yesterday donated equipment to The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), at a ceremony held at the GAF headquarters...

Recruitment at GAF

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Gambia Armed Forces have announced the commencement of general recruitment for the year 2009/2010. This was revealed in a press release from GAF,...

FAME Africa launched

Monday, December 15, 2008

The Future Ambassadors of Movie and Entertainment in Africa (FAME Africa), was last Friday December 12th launched in the conference hall of the...

GAF stages fund raising show

Monday, December 01, 2008

The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF),on Saturday,November 29, staged a massive musical fund raising show on at the glamorous Paradise Suites Hotel in...

Focus on landmines in Foni

Monday, November 03, 2008

An education campaign on the dangers posed by land mines last week commenced in Foni. According to Lamin Gibba, the campaign manager, the project...

2 military police officers sacked

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Reliable sources reaching the Daily Observer revealed that two Military Police Officers (MPs) of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) attached to the Yundum...