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Gambia's faith in miracle cures

By Andrew Simmons in Banjul, Gambia



Jammeh says he has a "mandate" to cure Aids and asthma sufferers



Yahya Jammeh is commander in chief of the armed forces, secretary of state for defence and chief custodian of the sacred constitution of Gambia.



Now he is a self-styled miracle worker. He claims that he has a "mandate", handed down by his father, to cure Aids ? as long as it is a Thursday.



Asthma sufferers can also be cured, but only on a Saturday.



"I get rid of the virus from the body of the human being and that's what I do," he says.



"I feel a great burden, a big sense of responsibility ? There are people that come in a very bad condition. Knowing that they only have their hope in me, is a big burden. Morally, spiritually and psychologically."



Jammeh has ruled Gambia since seizing power in a military coup in 1994. He was 26 years old at the time.



He has won a series of elections since, but is slowly tightening his grip on power. The media are restricted and opposition politicians have reported being harassed.



Queues for cure

Until now, this tiny finger of land in West Africa was best known as a tourist destination for Europeans.

But Jammeh's 1.3 million subjects are poor. Fishing and subsistence farming keep them employed.



Like other countries on the continent, Aids looms large in Gambia. About 20,000 people here have HIV, the virus which leads to Aids.



Since January, when Jammeh revealed his mandate to cure, he has spent every spare minute healing his people.



Outside Statehouse, the president's home, people wait for hours in the heat until he is ready to see them.



And the government seems to have swallowed the president's bizarre - and dangerous ? claims.



"We work with the asthma patients and patients infected with HIV and Aids up till three, four o'clock in the morning," says Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Gambia's health minister.



"It is very normal for us, we have the energy, the ability, the capability and the strength to manage these patients. And as time goes on we'll be managing thousands of them."





Herbal remedy

Jammeh's treatment programme uses a secret concoction of ointments, herbs, bananas, peanuts and prayer.



Before a patient can receive the presidential treatment for HIV/Aids, they must agree not to take conventional anti-retroviral drugs.

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