A cikin watan Disamba na shekara ta 2016 Yahya Jammeh ya sha kaye a zaben shugaban kasa a gaban dan takarar adawa Adama Barrow, Amma Jammeh ya ci gaba da dagewa a kan mulki, kafin daga bisani ya tsere bayan da dakarun kasashen yammacin Afirka suka yi barazanar korarsa.
