Daga baya, a ranar 25 ga Mayu, 1765, Gambiya ta zama wani ɓangare na Daular Burtaniya lokacin da gwamnati ta karɓi iko, ta kafa lardin Senegambia. A cikin 1965, Gambiya ta sami 'yancin kai a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Dawda Jawara, wanda ya yi mulki har sai Yahya Jammeh ya karɓi mulki a cikin juyin mulkin da ba a zubar da jini ba a shekarar 1994. Adama Barrow ya zama shugaban Gambiya na uku a cikin 2017, bayan ya ci Jammeh a zaben 2016. Jammeh ya yarda da sakamakon zaben, sannan ya ƙi karɓar su, wanda ya haifar da rikicin tsarin mulki da kuma gudun hijirar da sojojin Birtaniya suka yi a Kogin Gambiya, wanda ya haifar da mulkin mallaka a Yammacin Afirka.
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