Guinea Bissau, Gambia Maritimes Commit to Combat Illegalities On Sea
As requested by the Guinea Bissau Maritime Administration to draw a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Gambia Maritime Administration (GMA), the agreement seeks to tackle all forms of illegal means that exist within the two countries water. In an interview with the two parties, the Director-General of GMA Bakary Janneh explained that the MOU will be drawn according to Bissau request and to Gambia’s interest in order to keep the existing bilateral agreement within the two countries. He added that Maritime safety and security will be in higher priority for the agreement. “Bissau and The The Gambia is very close and whatever activity that happens in Bissau is likely to happen in Gambia’s water. So it becomes our join responsibilities to work as a team and combat any forms of illegal means, either drug trafficking, illegal migration, illegal fishing in our waters, and anything that could hamper our community and development.” He further stated that drug is a natural phenome