Fatou Jallow, who won a beauty pageant in Gambia in 2014, says she was raped by Yahya Jammeh, then the nation’s president.

Five years ago, Yahya Jammeh, the former president of Gambia crowned 18-year-old Fatou Jallow the winner of the nation’s top beauty pageant with a lecture to her and other contestants: Do not rush to marry, he said, but use the pageant’s scholarship prize to fulfill your dreams.

Ms. Jallow said that after her first encounter with the president, he arranged for the national water company to install plumbing in her family’s house, which did not have running water. New furniture arrived. Sick relatives were shuttled to doctors.

The president summoned her for more meetings at the statehouse. There was speculation in the media that she was “dating” Mr. Jammeh, who was married.

During another meeting at Gambia’s statehouse, she said, as she and the president reviewed the budget for her project, Mr. Jammeh asked her to marry him. She said she explained that she wanted to study before marriage...

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