Breaking: President Barrow promotes nation’s military leaders

President Adama Barrow has promoted the nation’s top military leaders, the defence ministry has said.

In a statement, the defence ministry said the president has promoted the nation’s army chief of defence staff Major General Yakuba Drammeh to the rank of Lieutenant General.

His deputy Mamat O Cham has been promoted to the rank of Major General while the army commander Colonel Ousman Gomez and commander of Republican National Guard Colonel Turo Jawneh have been promoted to the rank of Brigadiers General respectively.