Lang Tombong Tamba (born c. 1965) was the Chief of the Defense Staff of the Gambian Armed Forces until his arrest, detention and trial in an attempted coup.
[1] A Jola, Tamba was born in Sintet, Foni Jarrol and probably lived in Casamance as a child, before attending Nusrat High School.
After the coup, he remained in the GNA, becoming commander of State House Guards when a captain around 2000 and being responsible for the personal security of the Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh.
He was apparently informed that he would instead be appointed as Gambian ambassador to Taiwan, but in fact, in November 2009, he was arrested at his home by armed soldiers.
He was subsequently charged with Rear Admiral Sarjo Fofana, former Chief of Naval Staff (who has presided over the military tribunal that prosecuted the army officers accused of involvement in Ndure Cham coup) with treason.