ECOMIG – 625 Senegalese Troops to be Deployed in The Gambia
ECOMIG – 625 Senegalese Troops to be Deployed in The Gambia A week ago, President Adama Barrow, received the Senegalese Chief of Defence Staff General Cheikh Wade accompanied by General Brigadier Fulgence Ndour, the tactical brain in January 2017 behind the ECOMIG intervention in The Gambia. Contrary to the State House official statement, this strong Senegalese military delegation was not in The Gambia to only “ visit the Senegalese ECOMIG contingent “. Instead, the Senegalese military top command was mainly in Banjul to finalize the last touches of an additional deployment of 625 troops under the ECOWAS mandate. In fact, the delegation from Dakar that visited Barrow included top strategists of the various Senegalese military international deployment missions around the globe including Colonel Mactar Diop, Colonel Diadie Diop, and Medical Colonel Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, Colonel Magatte Ba, Colonel Jean Dieme, Colonel Magatte Ndiaye, Lv. El Hadji Alioune Ndiaye and Cal. Aby Diouf. The...