Senegalese Embassy in Gambia

	Senegalese Embassy in Gambia; Ambassade du Sénégal en Gambie
State level	bilateral
Position of the authority	Embassy
Supervisory authority (s)	Foreign Ministry
Headquarters	Kanifing
ambassador	Saliou Ndiaye; (since 2014)

The Senegalese Embassy in Gambia is the diplomatic mission of Senegal in Gambia . It is located on Kairaba Avenue in Kanifing , the neighboring city of the capital Banjul .

The diplomatic mission in Gambia is also known as the Haut Commissariat . In addition to Gambia, the administrative district also includes the states of Sierra Leone and Liberia . Senegal has honorary consulates in the capital cities of Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone).

history

The law firm in Banjul, Gambia, then Bathurst, was opened in 1961 as Consulate General on Cameroun Street. It was led by Consul Amadou Diouf . With the establishment of diplomatic relations after the Gambia's independence from Great Britain, the former Consulate General became the official seat of the first ambassador in 1965 as the Haut Commissariat , who is not only called an Ambassadeur (ambassador) but also as a Haut Commissaire (High Commissioner) in Gambia . In 1996 the embassy moved its headquarters from Banjul to the neighboring town of Kanifing on Kairaba Avenue , corner of Pipeline Road, house n ° 59. The appointment of the current Ambassador Saliou Ndiaye was announced at the end of a cabinet meeting on September 11, 2014 in Dakar.