Separatist rebels have killed four Senegalese soldiers and are holding seven hostage after a clash on the border between Senegal and The Gambia last week, the Senegalese army said in a statement. Three soldiers died in the fighting on January 24 between the Senegalese army and rebels from the Movement[Read More…]
Tag: ECOMIG forces
Fatou Jaw Manneh: Anti-Senegal/ECOMIG
Here we go again! Chei Gambia. How so soon can we forget and be so ungrateful? Now its anti ECOMIG, anti-Senegal, Anti Wade, and now anti-Macky Sall. It is just a few years ago when some of us were crawling, baiting, begging, and stalking any Senegalese top civil servant who[Read More…]
Gambia-Cassamance Border Skirmish: Barrow Sympathises With ECOMIG
Following the tragic and unfortunate encounter between Senegalese ECOMIG soldiers and separatist forces along The Gambia’s Southern border with Senegal on Monday, President Adama Barrow wishes to express his profound sense of grief to the ECOMIG Command, The ECOWAS Community and the bereaved families of the two fallen ECOMIG soldiers.[Read More…]