8 February - The Gambia rejoins the Commonwealth of Nations, after former President Yahya Jammeh withdrew from it five years ago calling it a "neocolonial institution", to rebuild the Gambia's image.[1]
April
1 April - President Barrow accuses supporters of former President Jammeh of supporting rebels in Senegal's Casamance region.[2]
Deaths
2 March – Omar Sey, politician and sports administrator (b. 1941).[3]