Flag of the Gambia flag of the Gambia – red (LSAP), blue (DP) and Green (The Greens). Footnotes Bibliography Flag of the Gambia The national flag of the Gambia consists of three horizontal red, blue and green bands separated by two thin white fimbriations. Adopted in 1965 to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the arms of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate, it has been the flag of the Republic of the Gambia since the country gained independence that year. It remained unchanged throughout the Gambia's seven-year confederation with Senegal. The British first arrived in what is now modern-day Gambia in 1661, when
Constitution of the Gambia Constitution of the Gambia The Constitution of The Gambia is the supreme law of The Gambia. The Gambia became a nation independent from the colonial rule of the British Empire in 1965 and adopted a constitution. The constitution was suspended by a military "coup d'état" in 1994. A revised constitution that came into effect in January 1997 then marked an official return to civilian control of the government, although the leader of the "coup", Yahya Jammeh, remained in power as President for another 20 years and exercised strong "de facto" personal control over the country. Following the presidential election of