 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 1994 muGambia yakaona coup détat yechiuto, vachikurudzira Yahya Jammeh kuti ave mukuru wehurumende. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 1996, Darboe akatanga United Democratic Party yakavakirwa pa democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, uye akava mutungamiri wayo wekutanga. Akatanga kumhanya semutungamiri wenyika musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1996, kwaakauya wechipiri kuna Jammeh, achikunda 35.84 yemavhoti kuna Jammeh 55.77. Zvisinei, sarudzo iyi yakashorwa zvikuru nevanocherechedza nezvikanganiso zvayo. 