 the Gambia was elected to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council from 1998 to 1999.On 2 October 2013, the Gambian interior minister announced that the Gambia would leave the Commonwealth of Nations with immediate effect, stating that they would "never again be part of a neo-colonial organization"

In December 2014, an attempted coup was launched to overthrow President Jammeh.The presidential election of 2016 saw the surprising victory of the opposition candidate Adama Barrow, who defeated Jammeh with 43,3% of votes.