April 10

• Gambia: Brufut Marathon Inks MoU With Bissak, Bissau

  The Brufut Marathon Run Association (BMA) recently signed formal partnership links with BISSAK Community, a non-governmental organisation in Guinea Bissau. Both organisations are... Read more »

April 09

• Gambia: President Jammeh Receives UN Rep in Bissau

  The president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr AJJ Yahya Jammeh, on Monday received in audience a special representative of the secretary general of the... Read more »

February 25

• Gambia: Bissau-Guineans Welcome New Ambassador

  A large number of Bissau-Guineans residing in The Gambia recently converged on the Banjul International Airport to welcome their new ambassador accredited to The Gambia. Read more »

January 08

• Gambia: Guinea Bissau Delegation Arrives for NAYCONF

  A delegation of youth leaders from the sister Republic of Guinea Bissau arrived Saturday at the ongoing 10th edition of the National Youth Conference and Festival (NAYCONF) in... Read more »

June 19, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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 01, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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 04, 2012

• 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 03, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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, 2012

• 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 05, 2012

• 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 23, 2012

• 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 25, 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 12, 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 14, 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 »