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Gambian women testify about sex abuse under ex-president Jammeh

Gambia testimony

Dakar, Senegal Thomson Reuters Foundation Speaking calmly through tears, in a hearing streamed live on YouTube, former beauty queen Fatou Jallow told how Gambia’s ex-president Yahya Jammeh locked her in a room and raped her. The 23-year-old’s testimony on Thursday concluded three weeks of public hearings dedicated to sexual and gender-based violence under Jammeh’s presidency, […]