June 19

• Gambia: Assembly Approves Troop Deployment to Bissau, Mali

  Members ofNational Assembly Monday considered and approved the motion of The Gambia to deploy troops to the two volatile countries of Guinea Bissau and Mali under the Ecowas Plan... Read more »

June 15

• Gambia: Guinea Bissau Interim President to Visit Gambia

  The Interim president of Guinea Bissau, Sherifo Nhamadjo, will be visiting The Gambia soon, according to the country's Foreign Minister who was in Banjul yesterday as a special... Read more »

June 1

• Gambia: Two Ex-Bissau Officials Seek Refuge in Nation

  The government of The Gambia has confirmed that two former senior government officials of the sister Republic of Guinea Bissau, namely Fernando Gomes, former minister of the... Read more »

May 14

• West Africa: ECOWAS Military Chiefs to Meet Over Mali and Bissau Troop Deployment

  A one-day meeting of the Ecowas Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) will take place , Monday, 14th May, 2012 in Abuja to consider modalities for the deployment of troops to... Read more »

May 11

• Gambia: U.S. Appreciates Jammeh's Role in Bissau, Mali Crises

  The Gambian leader has been strong and played a critical role in moving forward concretely what can be done in Guinea Bissau and Mali crises and the United States of America does... Read more »

May 4

• Guinea Bissau: 'Bissau Junta Will Not Get What They Want' - Gambian President

  The Gambian leader has stressed that the military junta in Guinea Bissau that seized power on April 12 and aborted a presidential run-off election "will not have what they want by... Read more »

May 3

• Gambia: The Guinea Bissau Crisis [editorial]

  The efforts of the sub-regional bloc Ecowas in forcing the Malian Junta out of power and laying down rules that will ensure that the junta in Guinea Bissau returns that country to... Read more »

• West Africa: President Jammeh Leaves for ECOWAS Summit On Guinea Bissau

  His Excellency the President of the Republic of The Gambia, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation leaves Banjul International... Read more »

April 30

• West Africa: ECOWAS Patience Is Running Out On Guinea Bissau

  The president of the Republic of The Gambia has told the authorities and political stakeholders in Guinea Bissau to use the Banjul Summit as a last resort to make a choice by... Read more »

April 16

• Gambia: Govt Condemns Bissau Coup

  The government of the Republic of The Gambia, has condemned in strongest terms, the coup in Guinea Bissau that took place last Thursday, April 12, 2012. Read more »

March 5

• Gambia: Minor Changes in the Foreign Service

  There have been minor changes in The Gambia's Foreign Service with the reassignment of three ambassadors within West Africa. Read more »

January 24

• Gambia: G/Bissau Pm Pays Tribute to Country's Heroes

  The prime minister of the Republic of Guinea Bissau has paid tribute to his country's heroes, the late President Malang Becai Sahnai, who passed away recently, and Amilca Cabral,... Read more »

December 28, 2011

• Gambia/Mali: Country Draw With Mali, Guinea Bissau

  The Gambia on Sunday evening and Monday morning drew goalless with Mali and Guinea Bissau respectively in the ongoing annual SAFRA in Tamba Kunda, Republic of Senegal. Watched by... Read more »

October 26, 2011

• Gambia: Bissau-Guinean Sentenced to Death

  Justice Emmanuel Nkea of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul yesterday, Monday 24th of October 2011 sentenced one Sulayman Ceesay, a Bissau-Guinean to death. The convict, Sulayman... Read more »

October 13, 2011

• Gambia: Gambian Community in Bissau Writes to President Jammeh [opinion]

  The Gambian community in Guinea Bissau, through their president Sulayman Jarju, have written to the Gambian leader, His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh,... Read more »

September 15, 2011

• Gambia: SSHFC, GPA Give Generator to Embassy in Bissau

  Two Gambian parastatals, namely; Social Security Housing and Finance Corporation (SSHFC) and Gambia Ports Authority, yesterday handed over a 20 KVA perkins generator valued at... Read more »

July 29, 2011

• Gambia: Bissau Muslim Women Association Meets VP

  The Muslim Women Association of the sister Republic of Guinea Bissau Thursday called on the vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy at State House.... Read more »

July 6, 2011

• Gambia: University of the Gambia History Club Concludes Research Mission in Bissau

  The University of The Gambia (UTG) History Club recently concluded their research mission in Guinea Bissau. Read more »

May 4, 2011

• Gambia: Gamtel Donates to Gambian Embassy in Guinea Bissau

  The Gambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Gamtel) Tuesday donated two printers, two desktop computers and one Laptop to the Gambian Embassy in Guinea Bissau. Read more »

May 2, 2011

• Gambia: Bissau Special Envoy Holds Talks With President Jammeh

  The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, Thursday afternoon held talks with the special envoy of the president of the Republic of Guinea Bissau,... Read more »

December 14, 2010

• Gambia: Guinea Bissau Muslim Women Organisation Meets Vice President

  A delegation comprising Muslim women from Guinea Bissau Thursday called on the vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Aja Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy, at State House in Banjul. Read more »