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ECOMIG – 625 Senegalese Troops to be Deployed in The Gambia

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  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...

Palmares: The Only African Kingdom That Thrived In The Americas

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Photo Credit:  Wikimedia Commons Palmares: The Only African Kingdom That Thrived In The Americas Black History   ,  Brazil Brunno Braga   •   Aug 31, 2021 In  Brazil , Palmares is one of the most respected historic sites among the  Afro-Brazilian  community. The famous kingdom was the largest enslaved runaway community in the history of the Atlantic world. It was the first and only African kingdom in the Americas— which lasted 100 years— and it is now a remarkable historic symbol for the African Diaspora.  “Palmares was quite ethnically homogeneous, most of its people coming from  Angola . After considerable growth during the Dutch occupation of Pernambuco (1630-1654), a Portuguese colonial settlement back then, Palmares started to be shaped as a state, with leadership and social stratification,”  said John K. Thornton, professor of history at Boston University and author of many books on the African Diaspora and African H...

WORLD’S LONGEST CAR WITH SWIMMING POOL.

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  SEARCH AUTOJOSH NE Cars In Alaafin’s, Oluwo’s Garage, Olu Of Warri’s New Cars, World’s Longest Car With Swimming Pool, August News You Missed Published   3 hours ago  on   September 1, 2021 By   Obafemee80 Olu of Warri’s Rolls-Royce & Bentley, World’s longest Car, Bentley Continental pickup, $2 Million+ Lamborghini Countach sold out, here are August news you missed. Every month end, Autojosh will provide you with some of the best automotive stories you might have missed revolving around local and foreign celebrities as well as car reveals. Here are some of the news in the Month of  August  you might’ve missed and don’t forget to stay tuned for more next month. World’s Longest Car  With Swimming Pool, Helicopter Pad, Rusts Away, Refurbishment On The Way Rapper Travis Scott ‘Surprised’ 3 Year Old Daughter With  School Bus  As Birthday Gift Billionaire’s Daughter Adama Indimi Gets  Jeep Wrangler SUV  From Husband On Their Fi...