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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Bellinzona, Switzerland\u2013The first witness in the crimes against humanity trial of 55-year-old Ousman Sonko\u2014Gambia\u2019s former interior minister\u2014told a Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona that Sonko treated her like a sex slave.<\/b><\/p>\n

Binta Jamba is the widow of Almamo Manneh\u2014a former soldier in Gambia\u2019s State Guards\u2014an elite military unit guarding the Gambian presidency. In 2000, Manneh was accused of a coup and was killed under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n

Sonko is currently on trial in Switzerland for crimes against humanity for his alleged role in a series of crimes perpetrated against Gambians under the 22-year rule of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh ruled Gambia with an iron fist and was accused of numerous human rights violations, including murder and severe torture. Sonko first served in the military, rising through the ranks to command the State Guards in 2003.<\/p>\n

Jamba, who first testified before Gambia\u2019s Truth Commission in October 2019, said she was raped multiple times by the former interior minister at various locations in The Gambia, events she said left lasting physical and emotional scars.<\/p>\n

Between January to December 2000, Jamba told the court Wednesday, \u201cI was just like a sex slave to him.\u201d Jamba said she was impregnated by Sonko twice between 2000 to 2002 and was forced to abort both pregnancies, which, she said, were arranged by Sonko. (Abortion is illegal in the Gambia.)<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very sick after the abortions… I was constantly bleeding,\u201d said Jamba, as she broke down in tears. Sonko\u2019s lawyer, Philippe Currat, had no question for Jamba on the substance of her testimony. Currat later explained that Jamba\u2019s statement was contradictory, and his questions would have added little value.<\/p>\n

Manneh\u2019s murder<\/b><\/p>\n

From 1994 until early 2000, Manneh, Jamba\u2019s husband, was close to Jammeh and implicated in the torture of several high-profile political detainees, including former ministers of Gambia\u2019s first president, Dawda Kairaba Jawara, in 1995, an investigation by Gambia\u2019s Truth Commission found.<\/p>\n

Some detainees were \u201cbeaten and kicked by the soldiers, who subjected many of them to mock executions. They were threatened frequently by Almamo Manneh and [his colleague] Bubacarr Bah, who would tell them that they were waiting for the order of the (Capt. Yahya Jammeh) to kill them and cut them into pieces and throw them to the dogs. This caused the detainees great fear and anguish as they genuinely believed that they would be killed,\u201d the Commission found.<\/p>\n

It is unclear why Manneh fell out with Jammeh. However, Jamba, who described her husband\u2019s relationship with Jammeh as a \u201cgood\u201d one, said Manneh\u2019s murder was orchestrated by Sonko.<\/p>\n

\u201cYahya Jammeh, Ousman Sonko, and Ismaila Jammeh [Sonko\u2019s orderly] planned and organized the killing of Almamo Manneh, which was carried out by the group sent out to lure him to Bund Road,\u201d where Manneh was killed, said the Commission. But at the hearing on Wednesday, Sonko declined to speak on the specifics of Manneh\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot comment as far as the case of Almamo Manneh is concerned,\u201d said Sonko. \u201cIn my statement, I did not refer to anything [that reveals] operational [details]…I am still bound by the official secrecy act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horrific torture of Lt. Col. Bunja Darboe<\/b><\/p>\n

The second witness to take the stand on Wednesday was Lt. Col. Bunja Darboe, a serving Gambian soldier, arrested on allegation of his involvement in a 2006 coup. Darboe was allegedly tortured and forced to write a statement implicating himself, a document used as prima facie evidence against him at the court-martial in Banjul.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll they said was that a speech was found on me. But that was not true. They forced me to write it,\u201d said Lt. Col. Darboe. \u201cSonko is here, and I challenge him to tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sonko was then chief of Gambia\u2019s police who allegedly sat on a panel of security officer that oversaw the torture and interrogation of detainees including Darboe. The investigation by the Truth Commission found that such panels were accompanied by brutal torture of Junglers\u2014 members of a hit squad who operated under Jammeh\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n

Darboe said his torturers placed a plastic bag over his head, and he was subjected to horrific torture. He then broke down in tears.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hand was hurting me. Everywhere was paining me. When they were beating me, my hand was fractured and also dislocated. One of them cocked a pistol and asked me to say my last prayers. I could not say anything,\u201d said Darboe.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that moment, I just wanted to die. I did not want to live. I was fed up with the humiliation. The pain was so extreme that I could not bear it. I was helpless.\u201d<\/p>\n

*Editor\u2019s note: Bunja Darboe is not related to the author.<\/b><\/p>\n

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the West Africa Justice Reporting Project.<\/p>\n

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