Guinea-Bissau
Warnings and insurance
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10-
26
AprilNovember 20242025
- Updated:
10-
26
AprilNovember 20242025
- Latest update:
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Gunfire in Bissau
The FCDO is aware of a gunfire incident in central Bissau on 26 November at 1pm. Limit your movements around the city for now, continue to check Travel Advice and ensure that you have sufficient food and water wherever you are staying.
Before you travel
No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in this guideguide. andYou anymay specificalso travelfind adviceit thathelpful applies to you: to:
see general advice for women travellers
read our disabledguide travellerson disability and travel abroad
see general advice for LGBT+ travellers
read about safety for solo and independent travel
see advice on volunteering and adventure travel abroad
Travel insurance
If you choose to travel, research your destinations and get appropriate travel insurance. Insurance should cover your itinerary, planned activities and expenses in an emergency.
About FCDO travel advice
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Update history
2025-11-26 17:45
Addition of information about a gunfire incident in Bissau (‘Warnings and insurance’ page).
2024-04-10 09:59
This travel advice has been rewritten to make it easier to read and understand.
2023-12-08 15:44
Information on entry requirements and the lifting of COVID-19 health control measures at Guinea-Bissau’s borders (‘Entry requirements’ page).
2023-06-22 11:25
Information about the global terrorism risks to British nationals abroad on all FCDO travel advice pages.
2022-11-01 10:44
Update to information on health and an ongoing strike by healthcare workers. Update on the state of alert due to COVID-19 (‘Summary’, ‘Health’ and ‘Coronavirus’ page).
2022-02-21 16:57
Update to information on health and an ongoing strike by healthcare workers (‘Summary’ and ‘Health’ pages). Update on the state of alert due to COVID-19 (‘Coronavirus’ page).
2022-02-17 09:53
The FCDO no longer advises against all but essential travel to Guinea-Bissau based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks
Warnings and insurance
- Still current at:
10- 26
AprilNovember20242025- 26
- Updated:
10- 26
AprilNovember20242025- 26
- Latest update:
ThisAdditiontravelofadviceinformationhasaboutbeenarewrittengunfiretoincidentmakeinitBissaueasier(‘Warningstoreadunderstand.insurance’ page).
Gunfire in Bissau
The FCDO is aware of a gunfire incident in central Bissau on 26 November at 1pm. Limit your movements around the city for now, continue to check Travel Advice and ensure that you have sufficient food and water wherever you are staying.
Before you travel
No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in this guideguide. andYou anymay specificalso travelfind adviceit thathelpful applies to you: to:
disabledguidetravellerson disability and travel abroad
Travel insurance
If you choose to travel, research your destinations and get appropriate travel insurance. Insurance should cover your itinerary, planned activities and expenses in an emergency.
About FCDO travel advice
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides advice about risks of travel to help Britishyou nationals make informed decisions. Find out more about FCDO travel advice.
Follow
Get and contact FCDO travel onadvice Twitter,updates
Sign Facebook and Instagram. You can also sign up to to get email notifications when this travel advice is updated. updated.
Follow FCDO:
Update history
2025-11-26 17:45
Addition of information about a gunfire incident in Bissau (‘Warnings and insurance’ page).
2024-04-10 09:59
This travel advice has been rewritten to make it easier to read and understand.
2023-12-08 15:44
Information on entry requirements and the lifting of COVID-19 health control measures at Guinea-Bissau’s borders (‘Entry requirements’ page).
2023-06-22 11:25
Information about the global terrorism risks to British nationals abroad on all FCDO travel advice pages.
2022-11-01 10:44
Update to information on health and an ongoing strike by healthcare workers. Update on the state of alert due to COVID-19 (‘Summary’, ‘Health’ and ‘Coronavirus’ page).
2022-02-21 16:57
Update to information on health and an ongoing strike by healthcare workers (‘Summary’ and ‘Health’ pages). Update on the state of alert due to COVID-19 (‘Coronavirus’ page).
2022-02-17 09:53
The FCDO no longer advises against all but essential travel to Guinea-Bissau based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks