Yahya Jammeh, the president of The Gambia, the smallest country in Africa, is making big claims. He alleges he has mystical powers that enable him to cure asthma on Fridays and Saturdays, and HIV/Aids on Mondays and Thursdays.

Full story here. No comment on what he is able to cure on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Sundays…

In his speech, he said: “The cure is a day’s treatment. Within three days, the person will be [HIV] negative.”

Well sometimes you wonder why Africa has image problems and then sometimes you remember why it is that the entire continent often gets treated as such.

Yammeh’s statements are clarified in his Wikipedia entry:

The full text of his speech seems to suggest that the ‘cure’ may in fact be addressing intestinal parasites (“With regards to HIV/Aids, they should be kept at a place that has adequate toilets facilities because they can be going to toilet every five minutes.”)