 Gambia yakava nyika yakazvimiririra kubva muhurumende yeBritain muna 1965 uye yakagamuchira bumbiro remitemo. Bumbiro remitemo rakamiswa nekudzorera hurumende kwemautomuna 1994. Bumbiro rakadzokororwa rakatanga kushanda muna Ndira 1997 rakaratidza kudzoka kwepamutemo kudzora kwehurumende, kunyange zvazvo mutungamiri we kuputsa, Yahya Jammeh, akaramba ari musimba semutungamiri wenyika kwemamwe makore makumi maviri uye akashandisa simba rakasimba de facto pachake pamusoro penyika. 