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Banjul orders Turkish Katmerciler APCs to bolster its peacekeeping contingents

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Gambia has ordered 20 Hizir armoured vehicles from Turkish company Katmerciler.
Gambia has ordered 20 Hizir armoured vehicles from Turkish company Katmerciler. © Katmerciler

Gambia has signed an agreement with Turkish parastatal Katmerciler in order to respond to the country's intention to increase the number of its peacekeepers in Africa. The armoured vehicle manufacturer is a pillar of President Erdogan's military and diplomatic offensive in East, and now also, West Africa.

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