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GAMBIA-L Digest 31
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Heavy Rains Flood URD. by mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) 2) Presidential candidate:Darboe by SillahB@aol.com 3) house-cleaning by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> 4) New Member by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu> 5) Re: Interested in Joining!!! (fwd) by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> 6) Re: Friendly Subscription!!! (fwd) by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> 7) Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> 8) Nigeria's National Soccer Coach resigns (fwd) by "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> 9) Three new members by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu> 10) Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) by ndarboe@olemiss.edu 11) Ethiopia / Flood by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 12) Liberia / Ceasefire by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 13) France / Immigrants by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 14) Kenya / Children by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 15) A home page for the emancipation of Zaire by mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) 16) ember by mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) 17) Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) by Alias431@aol.com 18) Re: Interested in Joining!!! ... by SillahB@aol.com 19) Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) by momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) 20) Fw: Helping victims of the flood in The Gambia by mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) 21) Fw: re: heavy rains flood urd by mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) 22) Fw: Re: Heavy Rains Flood URD. by mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) 23) PDOIS campaign programme by momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) 24) (Fwd) Re: Action: Follow-up by "Famara A. Sanyang" <FAMARAAS@amadeus.cmi.no> 25) Re: Yaya Jammeh's new party by binta@iuj.ac.jp 26) Signing off.... by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 27) RE: Famara's Comments by L Konteh <L.Konteh-95@student.lut.ac.uk> 28) RE: Famara's Comments by L Konteh <L.Konteh-95@student.lut.ac.uk> 29) Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> 30) Jammeh's new party. by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> 31) Re: Signing off.... by mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) 32) Re: Interested in Joining!!! ... by <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> 33) Liberia / Disarmament by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 34) Burundi / Sanctions by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 35) Where is Gambia HEADED? by awali@st6000.sct.edu (Aminu Wali) 36) Re: Fw: Helping victims of the flood in The Gambia by "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> 37) Re: Signing off.... by "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> 38) RE: Alhagie Amuni's comments by "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> 39) Re: (Fwd) Re: Action: Follow-up by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 40) Re: Where is Gambia HEADED? by mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) 41) The right to vote by momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) 42) Re: TRUTH STINKS by L Konteh <L.Konteh-95@student.lut.ac.uk> 43) introduction by Ylva Hernlund <yher@u.washington.edu> 44) Where is Gambia HEADED? by <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> 45) Rasining Funds for Mr. Darboe . . . by <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> 46) RE: Famara's Comments by "Famara A. Sanyang" <FAMARAAS@amadeus.cmi.no> 47) G. National Troupe by Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> 48) 96H28061.html by Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> 49) Yahya N. Darboe - New member.. by YAHYAD@aol.com 50) Gambia News from Reuters... by YAHYAD@aol.com 51) Re: Where is Gambia HEADED? by Yaya Jallow <yj0001@jove.acs.unt.edu> 52) Re: Rasining Funds for Mr. Darboe . . . by SBojang@aol.com 53) cnet clip, Two more candidates to contest Gambia [ 45] Reuter / Pap Saine by at137@columbia.edu 54) cnet clip, Burundi defends military regime to hos [ 60] Reuter / Evelyn Leop by at137@columbia.edu 55) Re: Rasining Funds for Mr. Darboe . . . by Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> 56) Re: The Road Ahead? by binta@iuj.ac.jp 57) Forwarded posting of Dr Nyang by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu> 58) fwd message by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 59) France / Immigrants by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 60) UD Platform . . . by <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> 61) Introduction of Brother by ndarboe@olemiss.edu 62) Re: Introduction of Brother by ndarboe@olemiss.edu 63) Re: UD Platform . . . by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 64) One Last Thing..... by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 65) THE UDP PLATFORM . . . by <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> 66) One Last Thing..... by <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> 67) Raising Funds For U.D.P. by ndarboe@olemiss.edu 68) ZIMBABWE STRIKE by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 69) GAMBIA POLITICS by "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> 70) Re: One Last Thing..... by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> 71) Re: One Last Thing..... by binta@iuj.ac.jp 72) Re: THE UDP PLATFORM or what?. . . by binta@iuj.ac.jp 73) Re: New Member (fwd) by ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu>
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 96 19:55:49 GMT From: mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (The Gambia and Related issues Mailing list) Subject: Heavy Rains Flood URD. Message-ID: <M.082596.215549.84@ftp.cdrom.com>
This article is from the point newspaper issue dated 15th. August 1996. Heavy Rains Flood URD Chamoi Bridge Affected
Heavy rains have caused great floods which have swept about 10 houses and badly affected about 246 inhabitants who were rendered homeless recently in Basse and environs. The two-hour downpour of rain created the greatest panic since there was a period of dry spell since the commenencement of the rains. The areas affected were Basse Santasu where seven houses collapsed, Kabakama which lost two houses and foodstuff.In Mansajang Kunda a child of seven years was swept by the flood and later found at Angal Futa, where nine houses were affected. The newly constructed Chamoi Bridge was again affected,other bridges affected by the floods are Kumbija, Kuju Kuju Badu bridge which halted the flow of traffic at the Sandugu Bolong into Bassending. The Fang Dema`s farmland in Dampha Kunda was also eroded.
Meanwhile the General Manager of S.K.Jaiteh Enterprises Mr. Salifu K.Jaiteh recently responded to an appeal by the Gambia Red Cross Society and donated the flood victims at Basse with six bales of shoes and household materials amounting to D4.600.00 ---- (Matarr M. Jeng) mmjeng@image.dk
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Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 21:24:55 -0400 From: SillahB@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Presidential candidate:Darboe Message-ID: <960825212454_465243493@emout15.mail.aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="PART.BOUNDARY.0.530.emout15.mail.aol.com.841022694"
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Lawyer Darboe has made it official....he will run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BANJUL, Aug 24 (Reuter) - Prominent Gambian barrister Ousseynou Dar= boe has said he plans to form a political party and run against military rule= r Captain Yahya Jammeh in next month's presidential election. =
=0D Jammeh has banned the three main political parties but two smaller parties have said they plan to put up candidates provided they can meet t= ough registration conditions. =
=0D ``I was contacted by a cross-section of the community from Banjul to up-country and asked to contest the presidential elections,'' Darboe, vice-chairman of the influential Gambia Bar Association, said on Friday. =
=0D He said he would submit his application to the electoral commission n= ext week. =
=0D Darboe said he intended to protest to the minister of local governmen= t about public figures such as traditional chiefs who were already campaign= ing on behalf of Jammeh. =
=0D A decree published last Wednesday said anyone involved in politics be= fore campaigning officially starts on September 9 would face a fine of one mil= lion dalasis ($100,000) or life imprisonment. =
=0D Jammeh has said he will stand as a civilian candidate in the Septembe= r 26 election but will not campaign as he does not want to get involved in politics. =
=0D Candidates must gather 5,000 signatures from around the country by th= e September 5 registration deadline. =
=0D The Commonwealth said on Tuesday the election rules were flawed and w= ould allow the small West African country's military leaders to strengthen the= ir grip on power. =
=0D The Commonwealth last year suspended the membership of army-ruled Nigeria. =
=0D Gambia's military rulers lifted a two-year ban on all political activ= ity on August 14, then announced two days later that the country's three main=
parties would be excluded. =
=0D They banned anyone who had served as a minister under ousted presiden= t Sir Dawda Jawara, head of state from independence from Britain in 1965 un= til 1994, and excluded Jawara's People's Progressive Party, the National Convention Party of Sheriff Mustapha Dibba, and Hassan Musa Camara's Gamb= ia People's Party. =
=0D 08:49 08-24-96 =0D
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:42:52 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: house-cleaning Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960826113434.26277C-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hi Folks, I am sorry that I was not able to attend to some of the house-cleaning chores during the weekend. I had travelled. Alhagie Aminu Wali will be added. I will also forward some message that were rejected during the weekend. -Abdou.
******************************************************************************* A. TOURAY. at137@columbia.edu abdou@cs.columbia.edu abdou@touchscreen.com (212) 749-7971 MY URL's ON THE WWW= http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~at137 http://www.psl.cs.columbia.edu/~abdou
A FINITE IN A LAND OF INFINITY. SEEKING BUT THE REACHABLE. I WANDER AND I WONDER. ALL RESPITE IS FINAL. *******************************************************************************
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 08:47:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu> To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: New Member Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.92a.960826084530.30824E-100000@saul4.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
As requested Alhagie Aminu Wali from Nigeria has been added to Gambia-l. Welcome Alhagie. Thanks Tony
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Anthony W Loum tloum@u.washington.edu Supervisor, Business Administration Library 206-543-4360 voice 100 Balmer Hall 206-685-9392 fax University of Washington Box 353200 Seattle, Wa.98195-3200
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:48:25 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Interested in Joining!!! (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960826114736.26277G-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
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Hello Gambia-l,
My name is Alhagie Aminu Wali and I'm originally from Nigeria. I realize tha Gambia is headed towards the trend that Nigeria has taken all these years...Inefficient Military Rule. I feel sorry for what used to be one of the most peaceful countries in Africa, maybe even the world.
I would like to take this opportunity to ask membership of gambia-l. Even though I'm from a different country, I feel that we are experiencing basically the same problems.
Thank you.
Alhagie Aminu Wali
By the way, I was recommended to the list by my good friend Moe Jallow of Atlanta, Ga.
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:51:13 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Friendly Subscription!!! (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960826115027.26277I-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
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From: Sulayman S. Nyang (nyang @ cldc.howard.edu.)
I support the inclusion of friends of Gambians or persons of Gambian descent in this evergrowing list of subscribers. One suggestion I would like the members of the Gambia network to think about is that prospective subscribers who are nationals of other countries should promise to post news and bits and pieces of information from their local press that are related either to the Gambia or the West African region.I believe we can benefit immeasurably from the editorials of some of the papers and magazines from various African countries.The contributions of persons in Europe,Japan and the Middle East could also be very useful.
On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Modou Jallow wrote:
> > Hello Abdou and other list members..., > > > > I was wondering if it would be acceptable by gambia-l community to > > subscribe a friend of mine to the list. He is from Nigeria but resides > > here in Atlanta and we go to the same school - Southern Polythecnic State > > University (formally Southern College of Technology). > > > > He is very interested in participating in the discussions about gambia and > > other African countries, including Nigerian Issues. > > > > If it is O.k with list members, please add him to the list. > > > > His name is Alhagie Aminu Wali (a.k.a Amin) and his e-mail address is: > > awali@st6000.sct.edu > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Regards, > > > > Moe S. Jallow > > Product Support Engineer > > Hayes MicroComputer > > Norcross, GA 30092 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > > > mjallow@st6000.sct.edu mjallow@prodigy.com mjallow@gnn.com > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > >
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:52:26 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960826115130.26277J-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
From: Sulayman S. Nyang (nyang @ cldc.howard.edu)
I am writing to remind our subscribers that Gambia 1 is our Bantaba. It should therefore be a public forum for the ventilation of views on matters affecting the Gambia and people of Gambian descent elsewhere in the world.Because of the seriousness of this challenge and owing to our interest in circulating important information about the African region, it would be cyber-impolite to make our Bantaba a personal telephone booth. Let us keep as an electronic Bantaba where only public matters are discussed critically and frankly.
On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, SAL BARRY wrote:
> Hey Haddijatou, > How are doing? Men, I haven't seen you in quite > sometime. I noticed that You didn't use your e-mail address.I > hope you read this posting. I read the piece about a GHS Alumni > Association. Even though I didn't graduate from GHS, I will like > to be involved in such a group. I'm glad someone is thinking of > something of this nature. I am very interested in helping brothers > and sisters further their education. Try to get in touch cos we > need to discuss this in detail. > > > > Keep it light >
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:58:44 CDT From: "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Nigeria's National Soccer Coach resigns (fwd) Message-ID: <9608261558.AA22899@pv6813.vincent.iastate.edu>
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To: africans@iastate.edu Subject: Nigeria's National Soccer coach resigns Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 20:09:10 CDT From: Moses M Siambi <musa@iastate.edu>
> > 25 Aug 96 - Sports-Nigeria-Soccer > > Nigeria's National Soccer Coach Resigns > > > LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Dutch soccer coach, Johannes > Bonfrere, has resigned. > > "I am tired of fighting," he said. > > He led the country's under-23 squad to beat Brazil and clinch the > gold medal in the Atlanta Olympic Soccer event. This was the first > time an African team had done so. > > Speaking from his home in the Netherlands, Bonfrere shocked > Nigerians with his announcement Saturday in a telephone hook-up with > Nigerian television's live programme, Mastersports. > > "I have sent my letter of resignation together with the bank papers > of the 25,000 dollars I was accused of stealing," he said. > > His resignation was the climax of a game of hide and seek between > him and the Nigerian Football Association. He said he had written to > the association informing it of his decision not to return. > > He claimed the association had treated him badly and that he would > not reverse his decision to quit the 7,500-U.S.-dollar a month job. > > However, soccer analysts believe that behind the scenes > negotiations, at the highest level, might make Bonfrere change his > mind. > > Bonfrere said his quit decision was supported by the U-23 squad. He > expressed gratitude to Nigeria's military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, > who had publicly announced a 1.5 million naira (about 145,000 us > dollars) reward for Bonfrere for steering the team to the Olympiad > victory. > > "I thank the head of state, General Sani Abacha; Chief of General > Staff, General Oladipo Diya and Nigerians for their great support," > he said. > > The football association and Bonfrere have been at loggerheads since > January following allegations of misappropriation of 10,000 dollars > meant for accommodation of the national team in Kenya before the > African Nations Cup staged in South Africa. > > Nigeria decided at the last minute to boycott the nations cup. > > Another bone of contention was the 25,000 dollars handed him to > prepare the soccer squad for the Centennial Olympic Games in > Atlanta. The association alleged Bonfrere stole the money, an > accusation he denied. > > At the end of the Olympiad, Bonfrere left for the Netherlands, > protesting the "shoddy treatment" he said he received at the hands > of Nigerian officials. His absence from the celebrations that > followed the country's Olympic success has attracted much comment. > > Besides monetary rewards announced by the Nigerian leader for the > Olympic squad and its officials, a national honour, Member of the > Order of Niger, was conferred on Bonfrere for bringing Nigeria the > Olympic soccer gold. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 09:03:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu> To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Three new members Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.92a.960826085520.20299A-100000@saul7.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Three additional new members have been added to Gambia-l. They are the following: Amie Joof, Ylva Hernlund who just returned from The Gambia and Yaya Darboe of Seattle. Yaya Darboe is a brother of Numumkunda Darboe who was enrolled last week. The list will be looking forward to their introductions. Welcome on board, Amie, Ylva and Yaya. Thanks Tony
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Anthony W Loum tloum@u.washington.edu Supervisor, Business Administration Library 206-543-4360 voice 100 Balmer Hall 206-685-9392 fax University of Washington Box 353200 Seattle, Wa.98195-3200
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:08:54 -0600 From: ndarboe@olemiss.edu To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) Message-ID: <v01510100ae4796cc344f@[130.74.64.43]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Thank you very much Dr. Nyang for addressing such an important agenda. I strongly agree with you that personal messages shoult not be sent through the List serve. May be some of the authors do not know that if use the reply command to reply to a message form the organization everybody receives it. Please send messages directly to the e-mail addresses of the receivers. Numukunda Darboe
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:47:33 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Ethiopia / Flood Message-ID: <26AUG96.17056089.0054.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/26/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202199 TITLE=ETHIOPIA FLOODS (S) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: FLOODING HAS DRIVEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES SOUTHEAST OF THE ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED CROPS.
TEXT: ETHIOPIAN RADIO SAYS NEARLY 25-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AFTER FLOODWATERS SWEPT THROUGH THE TOWN OF WANJI ABOUT 100 KILOMETERS FROM ADDIS ABABA.
WATER RELEASED FROM A DAM AT THE KOKA HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY BURST THROUGH THREE DIKES AND FLOODED A LARGE AREA. THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE SAYS WANJI, MATAHARA, AND AMIBARA HAVE BEEN MOST AFFECTED.
THE AWASH RIVER HAS ALREADY FLOODED MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND HECTARES OF SUGAR CANE ALONG WITH THE HOMES OF THOUSANDS OF PLANTATION WORKERS. HEAVY RAINS HAVE CHANGED THE RIVER'S COURSE DESTROYING CROPS, ROADS, AND DRINKING WATER WELLS.
TEMPORARY SHELTERS ARE IN PLACE WITH FOOD, BLANKETS AND MEDICINE FOR AS MANY AS 150-THOUSAND PEOPLE.
ETHIOPIA'S NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER SAYS RAINFALL IN THE AREA HAS BEEN THE HEAVIEST IN 20 YEARS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT MONTH. (SIGNED)
NEB/SKS/JWH/CF
26-Aug-96 10:16 AM EDT (1416 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:48:01 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Liberia / Ceasefire Message-ID: <26AUG96.17064496.0054.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/26/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202211 TITLE=LIBERIA/ CEASEFIRE (L-ONLY) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=ABIDJAN CONTENT=
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INTRO: TWO OF LIBERIA'S MAIN WARLORDS HAVE ORDERED THEIR FIGHTERS TO DISENGAGE FROM FRONTLINE POSITIONS AND DISMANTLE ROADBLOCKS ON HIGHWAYS IN THEIR TERRITORIES. BUT V-O-A CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS THE NEW COMMANDER OF A WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN LIBERIA SAYS THE FACTION LEADERS MUST DO MORE.
TEXT: IN A RADIO BROADCAST, MAIN REBEL LEADER CHARLES TAYLOR ANNOUNCED HIS NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA FACTION WILL NO LONGER HOLD TERRITORY IN THE COUNTRY. HE SAID HE CONSIDERS THE WAR OVER, AND HE CALLED ON HIS FIGHTERS TO RETURN TO THEIR BASES.
ALHAJI KROMAH, MR. TAYLOR'S LONG-STANDING RIVAL BUT ALLY DURING THE FIGHTING THAT ERUPTED IN THE CAPITAL, MONROVIA, LAST APRIL, ALSO CALLED ON HIS MILITIAMEN TO CEASE ALL HOSTILITIES AND RETURN TO THEIR BASES. A STATEMENT RELEASED BY MR. KROMAH'S UNITED LIBERATION MOVEMENT ORDERED THE DISMANTLING OF ALL CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE PO RIVER-TUBMANBURG HIGHWAY AND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL WITHDRAWAL OF FIGHTERS FROM SURROUNDING TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
BOTH CHARLES TAYLOR AND ALHAJI KROMAH HAVE PLEDGED TO COMPLETELY DISARM THEIR FIGHTERS BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, MONTHS EARLIER THAN THE SCHEDULED TIMETABLE FOR GENERAL DISARMAMENT OF ABOUT 60-THOUSAND REBELS. OTHER FACTION LEADERS, SUCH AS ROOSEVELT JOHNSON, HEAD OF A SPLINTER GROUP OF THE UNITED LIBERATION MOVEMENT, AND GEORGE BOLEY, LEADER OF THE LIBERIA PEACE COUNCIL, HAVE YET TO ANNOUNCE SIMILAR ACTIONS.
THE NEW HEAD OF THE WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE, VICTOR MALU, URGED FACTION LEADERS TO GO BEYOND DISMANTLING CHECKPOINTS AND TO BEGIN THE DISARMAMENT PROCESS.
SPEAKING AT HIS FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE SINCE ASSUMING COMMAND OF THE NIGERIAN-LED PEACEKEEPING FORCE, THE NIGERIAN OFFICER SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE FACTION LEADERS DRAW BACK FROM AREAS THEY CONTROLLED. BUT HE SAID THE FACTIONS MUST ALSO DEMAND THE FIGHTERS HAND OVER ALL THEIR WEAPONS TO THE PEACEKEEPERS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS.
GENERAL MALU CALLED ON OTHER FACTION LEADERS WHO HAVE NOT BEGUN THE DISARMAMENT AND WITHDRAWAL PROCESS TO DO SO. HE SAID HIS MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE WOULD HELP THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSION TO IMPLEMENT ALL THE PROVISIONS ESTABLISHED IN LAST MONTH'S PEACE TALKS IN THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL, ABUJA.
ALTHOUGH FACTIONS HAVE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT MORE THAN ONE-DOZEN PREVIOUS PEACE ACCORDS, MOST LIBERIANS ARE OPTIMISTIC THE LATEST DEAL WILL WORK. THE REBEL LEADERS FACE PUNITIVE SANCTIONS, INCLUDING TRIAL BY A WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL AND EXCLUSION FROM NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. (SIGNED)
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26-Aug-96 2:58 PM EDT (1858 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:48:28 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: France / Immigrants Message-ID: <26AUG96.17072482.0054.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/26/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34159 TITLE=FRANCE / IMMIGRANTS REACT BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=ABIDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT:
// EDS: FRENCH ACTUALITIES FILED IN CLEAR TO THE BUBBLE //
INTRO: WEST AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS HAVE SO FAR BEEN SILENT FOLLOWING THE EXPULSION FROM FRANCE OF HUNDREDS OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS. V-O-A WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS AFRICAN CITIZENS PRIVATELY SAY THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH FRANCE'S TREATMENT OF PEOPLE FROM ITS FORMER AFRICAN COLONIES.
TEXT: FOLLOWING THE EXPULSION OF HUNDREDS OF FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS FROM FRANCE, IVORIANS HERE IN ABIDJAN SAID THE TREATMENT OF THE IMMIGRANTS INDICATES A DOUBLE STANDARD OF PATERNALISM AND RACISM TOWARD AFRICANS.
// OPT. ACT OF REACTION IN FRENCH //
// OPT // FRANCE HAS BECOME WHAT IT IS WITH THE HELP OF AFRICANS, SAID THIS MAN. IT IS NOT RIGHT. THEY ARE RACISTS. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE TRULY RACISTS. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE FRENCH ARE RACISTS.
// OPT ACT REACTION IN FRENCH ///
// OPT // I BELIEVE, SAYS ANOTHER MAN, THAT WHEN THE FRENCH COME INTO A FOREIGN COUNTRY, THEY ARE CONSIDERED EXPATRIATES. IF YOU CHECK CAREFULLY, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME FRENCHMEN WHO DO NOT HAVE VALID PAPERS. BUT WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY ARE CONSIDERED EXPATRIATES. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO US AFRICANS, HE SAID, THEY CALL US "WITHOUT PAPERS." IT IS TERRIBLE.
// OPT ACT REACTION IN FRENCH //
// OPT // CONCERNING FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, SAID THIS MAN, I WANT TO ASK IF HE IS FOR AFRICA, HOW CAN HE TREAT THE AFRICANS THAT WAY? THEY ARE TREATING INDIVIDUALS LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING, HE SAID. WE HERE IN AFRICA ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. TODAY, IF YOU MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FRENCH WHO ARE IN MALI AND THE MALIANS WHO ARE IN FRANCE, THERE ARE FEWER MALIANS IN FRANCE THAN THERE ARE FRENCHMEN IN MALI. IT IS THE SAME THING IN IVORY COAST, THERE ARE MUCH MORE FRENCHMEN HERE, NEARLY 60-THOUSAND. BUT IN FRANCE THERE ARE HARDLY FOUR-THOUSAND IVORIANS. THAT TELLS YOU, HE SAID, THAT THE FRENCH ARE IN AFRICA IN GREATER NUMBERS THAN WE ARE IN FRANCE. // END OPT //
FOR MOST FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICANS, THE PROMISE OF FRENCH CITIZENSHIP AND THE DREAM OF SOMEDAY LIVING IN FRANCE IS AN ENDURING LEGACY OF THE COLONIZATION OF AFRICA BY THE FRENCH, AND OF THE CONTINUED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TIES WITH FRANCE. AFRICANS HAVE SERVED IN THE FRENCH ARMY DURING BOTH WORLD WAR ONE AND WORLD WAR TWO, AS WELL AS THE WAR IN VIETNAM IN THE 1950'S AND THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE IN ALGERIA IN 1962.
FOLLOWING THE POST SECOND WORLD WAR BOOM, THERE WAS A GREAT NEED FOR MANPOWER IN FRANCE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE HOUSING AND ROADWORKS INDUSTRIES. THAT POOL OF LABOR WAS SUPPLIED MAINLY BY AFRICANS.
LAMBERT KOUASSI IS AN EDITORIAL WRITER WITH THE PRO-GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER FRATERNITE MATIN IN IVORY COAST. HE SAYS DESPITE THE HISTORIC TIES BETWEEN THE TWO CULTURES, FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICANS MUST SURRENDER THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN BECOME FRENCH CITIZENS.
// KOUASSI ACT - IN FRENCH - FADE //
IN REALITY, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE FRENCH CREATED "LA FRANCOPHONIE" FOR THEMSELVES, HE SAID. IT IS MEANT TO KEEP THEIR LANGUAGE FROM DISAPPEARING FROM THE CONTINENT. THEY DID NOT CREATE IT FOR US. THAT IS THE SITUATION WE LIVE IN, HE SAID. IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY THAT AFRICANS UNDERSTAND THAT WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED, WHATEVER WILL HAPPEN, FRANCE IS NOT THEIR COUNTRY.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAID THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS WERE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY AND THAT THEIR EXPULSION WAS WITHIN IN THE LAW. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOUGHT TO SOFTEN THE CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH PROMISES TO REVIEW ITS IMMIGRATION LAWS.
AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS, PARTICULARLY FRANCE'S FORMER COLONIES IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, HAVE BEEN SILENT ON THE PLIGHT OF ILLEGAL AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS IN FRANCE. ALL ARE TRYING TO REVIVE THEIR ECONOMIES AND FRANCE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT IN EFFORTS TO LIGHTEN AFRICA'S DEBT BURDEN AND KEEP THE IMPOVERISHED CONTINENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AGENDA.
BUT MANY CITIZENS OF WEST AFRICA SAY THE FRENCH EXPULSION OF AFRICANS HAS HEIGHTENED THEIR AWARENESS THAT WHAT FRANCE SAYS AND WHAT FRANCE DOES CONCERNING THEM ARE OFTEN DIFFERENT. (SIGNED)
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26-Aug-96 1:11 PM EDT (1711 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:49:14 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Kenya / Children Message-ID: <26AUG96.17086496.0054.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/26/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34154 TITLE=KENYA CHILDREN BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY OF KENYA SAYS MANY CHILD PROSTITUTES ARE FORCED TO WORK BY MOTHERS WHO WERE THEMSELVES CHILD PROSTITUTES. AS THE WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN OPENS IN SWEDEN TUESDAY, V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS IN NAIROBI REPORTS ON KENYAN EFFORTS TO CURB CHILD PROSTITUTION.
TEXT: THERE ARE NO RELIABLE FIGURES ON THE NUMBER OF CHILD PROSTITUTES IN KENYA, AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
AFTER A SURVEY ON THE CONDITION OF CHILDREN IN THE CITIES OF MOMBASSA, KISUMU, AND NAIROBI, THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY OF KENYA SAID IT WAS STILL NOT CLEAR HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE BEING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED AND WHO IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE.
HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER FRANCIS LOTODO SAYS DATA IS SCARCE BECAUSE THE NATURE OF THE CHILD-SEX MARKET IS ELUSIVE AND OFTEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE STRICTEST OF SECRECY. THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE AS VISIBLE AS ADULT PROSTITUTION, HE SAYS THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IS RAMPANT WITHIN "POCKETS" OF KENYAN SOCIETY.
THE ISSUE OF CHILD PROSTITUTION HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT PAGES OFTEN DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS. NEWSPAPERS BLAME TOURISTS ALONG THE COAST FOR GIVING KENYA A REPUTATION FOR SEX TOURISM THAT RIVALS THAILAND. THE EAST AFRICAN STANDARD RECENTLY REPORTED THAT TEENAGE GIRLS WAIT FOR CUSTOMERS IN NAIROBI NIGHTCLUBS, ALTHOUGH NO ONE UNDER AGE 18 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED ENTRANCE.
PRESIDENT DANIEL ARAP MOI THIS MONTH SAID CHURCH LEADERS SHOULD TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN CURBING CHILD PROSTITUTION, A PRACTICE HE BLAMED ON COPYING FOREIGN CULTURES.
IN A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE STOCKHOLM CONGRESS ON THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, RESEARCHERS SAY, THE PROBLEM IN AFRICA IS MADE WORSE BY SINGLE MEN WHO MIGRATE TO URBAN CENTERS IN SEARCH OF WORK.
ELIZABETH KAMAU IS THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY'S SPECIAL PROGRAM MANAGER ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN. SHE SAID SHE BELIEVES THE PROBLEM REFLECTS THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS FACING MANY KENYAN FAMILIES.
// KAMAU ACT //
THE PROBLEM ITSELF IS SO MUCH POVERTY ORIENTED. THEY SEE IT AS A QUICK ALTERNATIVE TO EARN THEIR LIVING. WHEN THE CHILDREN ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED, IT'S LIKE THE CHILDREN HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING BACK HOME. AND FOR THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES, THEY ALSO HAVE THESE ASPIRATIONS, THEY ALSO WANT ALL THOSE THINGS THEY SEE. BUT THEY ARE OUT OF REACH. AND SO WHEN THEY SEE THE ISSUE OF PROSTITUTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE, THEY ACTUALLY DO GET INTO IT.
// END ACT //
MS. KAMAU SAYS THE CHILDREN LEARN QUICKLY, ADAPTING THEIR PRICES TO THE SEXUAL PREFERENCES OF THEIR CLIENTS. SOMETIMES IT IS SEX FOR FOOD OR SCHOOL FEES, SOMETIMES IT IS PROTECTION FROM OTHER STREET CHILDREN OR A PLACE TO SLEEP.
WHEN THEY GROW UP, MS. KAMAU SAYS THE CHILDREN ARE OFTEN UNPREPARED FOR ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES AND FIND IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY HAS FOUND THAT MANY CHILDREN WERE INTRODUCED TO PROSTITUTION BY MOTHERS WHO WERE THEMSELVES CHILD PROSTITUTES.
// KAMAU ACT //
A CHILD WHO IS SO ABUSED, THE TRAUMA ACTUALLY IS CARRIED ON RIGHT THROUGH AND YOU FIND THAT SUCH A PARENT WHO IS EXPOSED TO THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE CAN ONLY SEE IT AS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE OFFSPRING SHE GETS. IT'S A BAD EXPERIENCE, YES, SHE MIGHT ACTUALLY JUST SAY, YES, IT'S A BAD EXPERIENCE. BUT GIVEN EVERYTHING, IT'S THE ONLY THING SHE HAS KNOWN HOW AND THIS IS HOW SHE HAS MANAGED TO RAISE HER CHILDREN.
// END ACT //
THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY OF KENYA HAS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO IDENTIFY THOSE BEHIND CHILD PROSTITUTION. BUT MS. KAMAU SAYS IT DOESN'T HELP TO TELL A CHILD TO CHANGE HER LIFE IF YOU OFFER NO ALTERNATIVE.
SHE HOPES THE STOCKHOLM MEETING WILL BE A CHANCE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT REHABILITATION PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS. UNLESS THE CYCLE IS BROKEN, MS. KAMAU SAYS THIS GENERATION OF CHILD PROSTITUTES WILL NOT BE THE LAST. (SIGNED)
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26-Aug-96 8:55 AM EDT (1255 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 17:22:04 -0400 (EDT) From: mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: A home page for the emancipation of Zaire Message-ID: <9608262122.AA18430@st6000.sct.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Hello Gambia-l,
Here is an article that might be worth reading.
> > To: All people interested in Zaire and its people > > > > From: Edward S. Marek, president, The Marek Enterprise, Inc. > > > > Subject: Zaire Watch: a home page for the emancipation of Zaire > > > > On August 23, 1996, in Washington, D.C., Mr. Daniel Simpson, the American > > ambassador to Zaire, challenged freedom loving people around the world, > > especially those living in Canada and the United States, to be as impatient > > as possible with the Mobutu government's failure to transition Zaire to > > democracy. Ambassador Simpson challenged everyone to demonstrate their > > impatience and to look ahead now to the great task of rebuilding the new > > Zaire of the future. > > > > The Marek Enterprise, Inc. (MAREK), an American business enterprise based in > > Reston, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., and owner-operator of the Africa > > Information Service (AfIS), accepts the ambassador's challenge. MAREK has > > activated a page at its World Wide Web (WWW) site devoted exclusively to the > > emancipation of Zaire. This page is being made available as a public service > > to all freedom loving people interested in creating freedom and prosperity in > > Zaire. > > > > The mission of this WWW site is to offer the world an information center to > > monitor the transition to democracy and electoral process in Zaire, to > > strengthen public support for the people of Zaire, to build a global > > coalition for their emancipation from oppression, and to create an > > environment in which the people of Zaire can achieve their full potential as > > members of the global community of people. People are invited to use this > > WWW site as one of the many means available to create and maintain pressure > > on the Mobutu regime to implement the transition to democracy it promised > > according to internationally recognized and accepted practices. > > > > To get this WWW site started, the initial focus will be to set up a mechanism > > to monitor what the government in Zaire is doing to fulfill its promise to > > hold free and fair democratic elections in Zaire, with particular focus on > > the presidential election scheduled for 1997 but also with a focus on > > parliamentary and local elections. > > > > This WWW site was activated on August 25, 1996, just two days after > > Ambassador Simpson's challenge. Its WWW address is as follows: > > > > http://www.marekinc.com/Zairewatch.html > > > > People from every walk of life are invited and encouraged submit short > > articles, reports, commentaries and news alerts to "Zaire Watch" by sending > > them to: > > > > E-mail: edwards930@aol.com (Label inputs "Zaire Watch") > > > > Postal Mail: > > Zaire Watch > > c/o The Marek Enterprise, Inc. > > 11733 Bowman Green Drive > > Reston, VA 22090 > > USA > > > > Telephone and fax: > > (703) 709-6171 (voice reports and commentaries accepted) > > (703) 709-6328 (Fax reports and commentaries accepted) > > > > While The Marek Enterprise, Inc. is providing this WWW site as a public > > service, and people are invited to participate at no cost to them, donations > > will be accepted in any amount to help defray the costs of operating the > > system and to enable the further promotion of the emancipation of the people > > of Zaire from tyranny in global fora of like-minded organizations, > > individuals, and governments. > > > > Signed, > > Edward S. Marek > > President, The Marek Enterprise, Inc. > > >
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 17:46:05 -0400 (EDT) From: mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: ember Message-ID: <9608262146.AA53242@st6000.sct.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Welcome to Gambia-l Aminu Wali.
Please send in your introduction.
> As requested Alhagie Aminu Wali from Nigeria has been added to Gambia-l. > Welcome Alhagie. > Thanks > Tony >
Thanks
Moe S. Jallow
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 18:13:59 -0400 From: Alias431@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) Message-ID: <960826181358_269234786@emout12.mail.aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="PART.BOUNDARY.0.561.emout12.mail.aol.com.841097638"
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TO: SULAYMAN S. NYANG
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING "PERSONAL" ABOUT WHAT SAL BARRY WROTE. HE WAS MERELY EXPRESSING INTEREST IN WHAT I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA; AND AT THE SAME TIME SAYING HELLO TO AN OLD FRIEND. IF YOU PROBABLY TOOK YOUR TIME AND READ IT THOROUGHLY, YOU WOULD HAVE REALIZED THIS. THANK YOU
HADDIJATOU SECKA
YOU WROTE:
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Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) Date: 96-08-26 12:04:38 EDT From: at137@columbia.edu (ABDOU) Sender: GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu Reply-to: gambia-l@u.washington.edu To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List) =0D
From: Sulayman S. Nyang (nyang @ cldc.howard.edu) =0D I am writing to remind our subscribers that Gambia 1 is our Bantaba. It should therefore be a public forum for the ventilation of views on matter= s affecting the Gambia and people of Gambian descent elsewhere in the world.Because of the seriousness of this challenge and owing to our interest in circulating important information about the African region, i= t would be cyber-impolite to make our Bantaba a personal telephone booth. Let us keep as an electronic Bantaba where only public matters are discussed critically and frankly. =0D On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, SAL BARRY wrote: =0D > Hey Haddijatou, > How are doing? Men, I haven't seen you in quite > sometime. I noticed that You didn't use your e-mail address.I > hope you read this posting. I read the piece about a GHS Alumni > Association. Even though I didn't graduate from GHS, I will like > to be involved in such a group. I'm glad someone is thinking of > something of this nature. I am very interested in helping brothers > and sisters further their education. Try to get in touch cos we > need to discuss this in detail. =
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 01:33:31 -0400 From: SillahB@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Interested in Joining!!! ... Message-ID: <960827011541_269692630@emout15.mail.aol.com>
Alhaji Aminu Wali.....(Oga-Sir) Nice to have you on board from the "Federal Republic of Nigeria" I categorically disagree with you when you said "...Gambia is headed towards the trend that Nigeria has taken all these years..." Even though I do not agree with you, but I commend you for tapping Gambia as "the most peaceful country in Africa, maybe even the world." The reasons why I disagree with your analogy are as follows: >>Gambia has never experienced a Biafra-like war, >>Gambia does not have more millitary regimes than legitimate governments, >>and election results have never been nullified in the Gambia after a winner was declared; etc etc....so I do not see a reason for an analogy. I ask you this question as a Nigerian and an honest student; how well does it borther you to see the image of Nigeria and Nigerians being distorted every minute throughout the world by Nigerians, from credit card fraud, drug smuggling, student loan abuses etc, etc. You know what, it borthers me as hell, and I know there is large number of rightous and hardworking Nigerians all over the world, but the fact of the matter is that the stereotype is way overwhelming!
Peace Baboucarr H. Sillah
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Date: 27 Aug 1996 05:48:30 GMT From: momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) Message-ID: <4282843134.33429275@inform-bbs.dk>
Please don't misunderstand Dr. Sulayman Nyang for quoting this particular mail
but it has become a habit that list memers send personal messages through this cyber Bantaba. I agree in the point he raised and I am sure there are many others who are also not interested in receiving private conversations which does not
concern them.
----------------------------- > >--PART.BOUNDARY.0.561.emout12.mail.aol.com.841097638 >Content-ID: <0_561_841097638@emout12.mail.aol.com.70591> >Content-type: text/plain > >TO: SULAYMAN S. NYANG > >I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING "PERSONAL" ABOUT WHAT SAL BARRY >WROTE. HE WAS MERELY EXPRESSING INTEREST IN WHAT I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA; AND >AT THE SAME TIME SAYING HELLO TO AN OLD FRIEND. IF YOU PROBABLY TOOK YOUR >TIME AND READ IT THOROUGHLY, YOU WOULD HAVE REALIZED THIS. >THANK YOU > >HADDIJATOU SECKA > >YOU WROTE: > >--PART.BOUNDARY.0.561.emout12.mail.aol.com.841097638 >Content-ID: <0_561_841097638@emout12.mail.aol.com.70592> >Content-type: text/plain; >name="NYANG" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) >Date: 96-08-26 12:04:38 EDT >From:at137@columbia.edu (ABDOU) >Sender:GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu >Reply-to:gambia-l@u.washington.edu >To:gambia-l@u.washington.edu (GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues >Mailing List) >=0D > >From: Sulayman S. Nyang (nyang @ cldc.howard.edu) >=0D >I am writing to remind our subscribers that Gambia 1 is our Bantaba. It >should therefore be a public forum for the ventilation of views on matter= >s >affecting the Gambia and people of Gambian descent elsewhere in the >world.Because of the seriousness of this challenge and owing to our >interest in circulating important information about the African region, i= >t >would be cyber-impolite to make our Bantaba a personal telephone booth. >Let us keep as an electronic Bantaba where only public matters are >discussed critically and frankly. >=0D >On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, SAL BARRY wrote: >=0D >> Hey Haddijatou, >> How are doing? Men, I haven't seen you in quite >> sometime. I noticed that You didn't use your e-mail address.I >> hope you read this posting. I read the piece about a GHS Alumni >> Association. Even though I didn't graduate from GHS, I will like >> to be involved in such a group. I'm glad someone is thinking of >> something of this nature. I am very interested in helping brothers >> and sisters further their education. Try to get in touch cos we >> need to discuss this in detail. = > >> = > >> = > >> = > >> Keep it light
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 06:57:48 GMT From: mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (The Gambia and Related issues Mailing list) Subject: Fw: Helping victims of the flood in The Gambia Message-ID: <M.082796.085748.12@ftp.cdrom.com>
> Hi Matarr: > > The Gambia Foundation, Inc. has been collecting clothes and keeping them in > storage for eventual shipment to the Red Cross. I have not been successful in > getting a contact person there since starting the project. This is a time that > these items of clothing might come in handy for the victims of the flood. I > would appreciate a helping hand in getting a point of contact whom I can talk > with and who can execute the wishes of the foundation without bringing the AFPRC > into it. Any suggestions? > > Waiting for your response - > > Ya Soffie > sarr@sprynet.com >
---- (Matarr M. Jeng) mmjeng@image.dk
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 06:57:50 GMT From: mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (The Gambia and Related issues Mailing list) Subject: Fw: re: heavy rains flood urd Message-ID: <M.082796.085750.15@ftp.cdrom.com>
> Matarr: > > I tried sending you a message earlier and I am not too sure that it came. I > wanted a point of contact regarding clothes that The Gambia Foundation, Inc. has > been collecting for some time and I think this is a time that the clothes might > be of some help to those affected by the flood. Please respond to this query by > either sending an e-mail or calling me at 301/445-2850. I would sincerely > appreciate it. Thank you - > > Ya Soffie >
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 10:10:25 GMT From: mmjeng@image.dk (Matarr M. Jeng) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu (The Gambia and Related issues Mailing list) Subject: Fw: Re: Heavy Rains Flood URD. Message-ID: <M.082796.121025.87@ftp.cdrom.com>
> From: Sulayman S. Nyang (nyang@cldc.howard.edu) > Thanks for the news report about the flood in Basse. I am very concerned > about the people of that part of Gambia. I grew up in that part of the > country. The news report brought back childhood memories.I hope things > will improve shortly.We will try to contact ther Gambia Red Cross on > relief support. Thanks a lot.Please keep the good work. > > On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Matarr M. Jeng wrote: > > > This article is from the point newspaper issue dated 15th. August 1996. > > Heavy Rains Flood URD Chamoi Bridge Affected > > > > Heavy rains have caused great floods which have swept about 10 houses and badly > > affected about 246 inhabitants who were rendered homeless recently in Basse and > > environs. > > The two-hour downpour of rain created the greatest panic since there was a period > of > > dry spell since the commenencement of the rains. The areas affected were Basse > > Santasu where seven houses collapsed, Kabakama which lost two houses and > foodstuff.In > > Mansajang Kunda a child of seven years was swept by the flood and later found at > > Angal Futa, where nine houses were affected. > > The newly constructed Chamoi Bridge was again affected,other bridges affected by > the > > floods are Kumbija, Kuju Kuju Badu bridge which halted the flow of traffic at the > > Sandugu Bolong into Bassending. The Fang Dema`s farmland in Dampha Kunda was also > > eroded. > > > > Meanwhile the General Manager of S.K.Jaiteh Enterprises Mr. Salifu K.Jaiteh > > recently responded to an appeal by the Gambia Red Cross Society and donated the > flood > > victims at Basse with six bales of shoes and household materials amounting to > > D4.600.00 > > ---- > > (Matarr M. Jeng) mmjeng@image.dk > > >
---- (Matarr M. Jeng) mmjeng@image.dk
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Date: 27 Aug 1996 10:56:30 GMT From: momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: PDOIS campaign programme Message-ID: <759558142.34503272@inform-bbs.dk>
Hi Gambia-l! Below is a campaign programme from PDOIS and I hope that list members find it
interesting.
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PDOIS SUPPORT COMMITTEES ABROAD
The Gambia is a Sovereign Republic. She belongs to all of us. We, the Gambian people, are the guardians of our destiny. We should shape the economic, political, social and cultural life of the country.
No single Gaambian or family can build roads, schools, hospitals, etc. entirely on their own. No single gender, religious sect, language grouping can live as a seperate unit in the Gambia and still promote progress. The preservation of unity of The Gambia is the basis of our survival as a people.
However, Gambians need roads, schools, hospitals and other facilities. All of us cannot meet everyday to discuss and agree on the sums of money we are to put aside to build roads, schools, hospitals and so on and so forth and where to build them.
Each family cannot make its own laws to protect its members. All Gambians cannot meet everyday to make laws for the protection of citizens.
This is why we need to elect representatives from among our fellow citizens and give them the responsibility to make laws for the country. This is why we elect members of the National Assembly who are also to see that the country's government operates acording to the laws.
Furthermore, we are are to elect representatives to collect money from us to provide social services. We may elect individuals who share nothing in common to be our representatives. This may lead to conflicts which may incapacitate them from running the country.
Political parties help to bring people together under a common programme and platform which can be put before the people to get their support. Once that support is gained the representatives can work in harmony to impliment the programme if they are sincere to their contract with the people. Political parties are therefore to explain how they intend to run a country in a manifesto or programme of action which is their contract with the people.
Representatives, party members and supporters or volunteers are supposed to explain the programmes of a party to the people andd mobilize them to support such a programme by voting for the representatives. Therefore, PDOIS party members and supporters or volunteers are required to know what PDOIS intends to do and spread the clear views gained to the people so as to enlist their confidence in supporting PDOIS' candidates. The people are also to judge the performance of PDOIS' government on the basis of the programme it puts before the people to win their support.
A SUMMARY OF PDOIS' PROGRAMME
PDOIS recognizes that a government which relies on tax alone to provide services is bound to increase the suffering of a people who are getting poorer and poorer. The only way to reduce tax burden is to create a balance where a part of the sum derived from the people will be spent on social services while another part is spent to build the productive base of the economy such as buying fishing vessels and establishing plants to process fish, vegetables, fruits and livestock products.
Furthermore, groups of women and men gardeners and farmers can be assisted with boreholes, marketing facilities, etc. so that they can boost up their production and their income. For example, if ten women share a farm, an earning of D100,000 can enable each to earn D10,000. Each may contribute D1000 or D2000 for village development inorder to provide the pumps, schools, clinics, etc. the village needs. This will lead to both personal and social development.
On the other hand, there are Gambians and foreign investors who may wish to invest and operate enterprises in the country. PDOIS will establish an enviroment conducive for the efficient operation of such enterprises so as to facilitate optimum benefit for the country and the investor. Foreign debts will be primarily directed to boost up production so that the debt can be repaid without imposing more taxes on the people or diverting what should be used to provide for services to pay for debts.
If you support this programme you may indicate your wish to be a PDOIS member or supporter.
ON OUR POLITICAL PROGRAMME
Representatives of PDOIS are to be elected to impliment a party programme. PDOIS' representatives are therefore, to work as a team. In the area of government, PDOIS' presidential choice shall not excercise monarchial powers but would function as a chairperson of a team of cabinet members who are experts in their respective areas. The decicion of the team shall always be respected by all. PDOIS stands for a team approach to governance.
Furthermore, in relation between government and people, PDOIS stands for the checking of government from below. Hence, there shall be Complaints and Problems Solving Committees in villages, wards, work places, etc. to ensure that there is justice everywhere. Village heads, leders of mosques and churches, heads of human rights organizations and professional associations, etc shall be human rights commissioners who shall have access to jails, prisons, and to make enquires from authorities regarding all allegations of human rights violations. Finally, there shall be universal litracy and civic education to ensure that all citizens are fully aware of how much money government takes from them to what use they are put as well as the whole mode of operation of the state. In this way, the people would be able to distinguish a just government and an unjust one, one that is representing the people properly and one that is guilty of misrepresentation.
If you are in support of such a programme, you may declare your wish to be a PDOIS member or supporter/volunteer.
PDOIS recognizes that no nation can survive in isolation. A country may have a mature foriegn policy which will enable it to relate to all countries in the world on the basis of equality or it may operate acording to the principle that "my enemy's enemy is my friend" which was the cornerstone of the foreign policy of the Cold War years. PDOIS recognizes that foreign policies lead to international sabotage and gun boat diplomacy. PDOIS therefore intends to pursue a mature foreign policy by first building a well managed economy run by an organized, highly motivated, fully aware and free people who do not harbour any hostile intententions against any people. In this way, it will earn the respect and love of all peoples in the world and the recognition of all pragmatic leders in the world.
If you support such a foreign policy you may register your desire to be a PDOIS member or supporter/volunteer.
ON FOREIGNERS
Many Gambians are abroad and are subjected to the same uncertainties as other foreigners are subjected to. This is why PDOIS intends to create a situation in the Gambia which will be worthy for emulation elswhere. It is PDOIS' intention to ensure that foreigners in the country are organized and treated fairly.
It shall be a norm for citizens of each country to form an organisation and elect a committee of representatives on democratic lines. The committee shall be regestered with the state and shall be recognized. All citizens of a particular country would be required to register with the committee if they want to be resident in The Gambia. The recommendation of the committee for residential permit shall be considered by the state. Each committee shall take up any complaint lodged by their nationals with state authorities. In this way, injustices against foreigners can be minimized. THE TASK OF A PDOIS MEMBER
A PDOIS member must be fully informed of the party's programme, principles and methods of work; ensure the effective dissemination of party programmes and principles to the voters and mobilize their support; - identify potential party members and volunteers to help in the dessimination of party programmes and principles; - keep abrest of the party's campaign strategy and ensure its effective implementation; identify problems and issues which are ostacles to the implementation of the party's campaign strategy and inform the proper Campaign Committee for action; - identify candidates in a constituency who can best implement the party's programme when elected;
- liaise with the Campaign Committee in one's area;
- take initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the message across to the people.
A PDOIS member is a community oriented person. He or she must take interest in everything that takes place in his or her community. He or she shall be able to attend all activities people engage in his or her community,
such as burials as long as time permits.
A PDOIS member should be able to clarify issues for people and be willing to seek for more ideas if he or she finds himself or herself not adequately prepared.
A PDOIS member should strive to persuade rather than impose his or her views.
A PDOIS member shall not treat insult with insult or get angry at opponents who refuse to understand; on the contrary, exchanging hostility with warmth and clear explanation may win opponents.
A PDOIS member should be convinced that representation is a service and not a position of privilege; that election campaing is not a war between rivals for a golden fleece, but a time to enligthen people so that they can choose their best representatives.
A PDOIS party member shall always strive to gain clearer ideas so that one can have conviction in clarifying issues and thus win the confidence of the voter.
A PDOIS member should strive to work to his or her optimum irrespective of whether others are doing so or not.
A PDOIS member should see himself or herself equal to all other members and should not compromise with anything that would harm the interest of the people.
A PDOIS member must: - give personal attention to all volunteers; - show enthusism; - try to make people active; - develop a team spirit among volunteers; make them feel wanted, encourage a sense of belonging, mantain personal contact with voters, listen to their difficulties and keep them motivated;
- identify consistent volunteers who prefer to be members.
PDOIS SUPPORT COMMITTEES
A group of volunteers or members abroad may establish PDOIS Support Committees. The Support Committees may deciminate the programme and principles of the party to Gambians and other concerned persons abroad, mobilise resouces, motivate family members at home to become interested in PDOIS' programme and principles and do what ever they deem fit to promote the interest of the country.
PDOIS Support Committees are autonomous. Once formed the National Campaign Committee should be informed for documentation and endorsement.
Once this endorsement is made, the Committee shall develop its own priority areas.
GUIDLINES
The PDOIS Support Committees should operate on democratic principles. In electing officiers, due regard should be given clarity, sincerity, commitment to the task and determination to get people involved. A PDOIS VOLUNTEET/SUPPORTER
A PDOIS volunteer/supporter is a person is who is restricted by time or other concerns from being able to play an active and consistent role in party activities but willing to assist with one or two things at his or her convenience.
A PDOIS volunteer/supporter does what one is willing and capable of doing at any given moment.
A volunteer should offer his or her services and be given specific assignments which he or she can complete.
A volunteer /supporter must be asked to assess his or her situation before accepting any responsinility.
A volunteer/supporter must not try to please any one.
A volunteer/supporter may keep the voters informed of the party's programme, help in distribution of leaflets, cassettes, carry small errands, etc.
NOW YOU MAY DECIDE:
1. I WANT TO BE A MEMBER
2. I WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER (Tick which ever you choose)
STATE FOLLOWING: NAME ADDRESS VOTER CARD NO. ADMINISTRATIVE AREA SIGNATURE
Issued by PDOIS' National Campaign Committee, No. 1 Sambou Street, Churchill Town, P.O. box 2306, Serre Kunda, The Gambia, Tel/Fax: 220- 393 177
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:15:00 GMT+1 From: "Famara A. Sanyang" <FAMARAAS@amadeus.cmi.no> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: (Fwd) Re: Action: Follow-up Message-ID: <2A4A0A90408@amadeus.cmi.no>
Hello Gambia-l, This is amessage I send on Sunday, but only Abdou received it. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Self <AMADEUS/FAMARAAS> To: at137@columbia.edu Subject: Re: Action: Follow-up Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 22:29:01
Hello Gambia-l,
It has been very silent from this end. I was away for 3 weeks in July. One week organising a Gambian Week in Bergen, and two weeks holidays in Sweden. Thanks to all of you for your contributions. I am still trying to "catch up" with the postings send earlier. But I decided that I cannot wait any further. I am sorry for my commentaries on some of the issues which are now stale.
I would first like to get some assistance from the computer experts concerning some postings which I cannot get fully on the screen, the margins are too long. This is mainly Yaya's postings. Is there anything I can do to be able to see the whole message on my screen?
Mafy took up a very important issue some time ago. I do not want to bother you with this once more but, I do not think this issue was exhausted. I remember, I once challenge the net on Jammeh (AFPRC) and tribalism when Lang Konteh made such allegations, but their was no response. I think people who relly believed that their is tribalism should give us examples, so that we can give this issue a proper treatment rather than just preculating. I know tribalism can explain a lot of phenomena, but we should also watch out for what I refer to "trabal redctionism". In almost all the cases of ethnic gencoide it the intellectuals who mobolise such sentiments. We should not allow this in the Gambia. I cannot see any sings of "Liberian situation" as it is refered to by some members. There are no political or social movements mobilising on tribal lines as far as I know. Enlighthen me!!
On the issue of expelling Tombong, I think it's very unfair. I hate all kind of oppression, and wife beating is not an exception. I agree with Moe Jallow that the discussion on this issue should take another direction. It should not be focused on Tombong. I guess Tombong is not the only Gambian doing this outdated and backward act. The network should not be judging individuals. We should make an effort to enlighthen our men to refrain from this barbaric act, and our women not to accept it. This is "No Good Culture"
Concerning spying, this issue has ben discussed before. Even if Tombing is expelled how do we if Sillah himself or any "anti-Tombong"member is not giving prints of the postings to the AFPRC. What do we really know about all the other members? I think we should put this issue aside and go forward.
Those of you organising a movement to boycott the elections and isolate the regime in The Gambia, remember that, boycotting will be done mainly by the potential opponents of the AFPRC. I strongly agree with Morro, Yaya (not Jammeh) and Addou. People are talking about legitimacy. I think some of us are still dreaming. Jawara's time is over and out. Who said that a successful revolution is not legitimate? I think what people should do is to encourage more organised opposition to Jammeh if they do not like him, and try and get as many opposition parliamentarians into the parliament if Jammeh ever win the elections. If we encouragethe international community to isolate The Gambia, Jammeh and co. will be the last to feel it. It is our brothers and sisters in the street who feels it first. Jammeh and co. grew very fat while the Tourist Boycott was on. It was mainly the hotel workers and whose who earn their living through tourism who suffered together with their families. I personally will prefer that Jammeh and his boys never contested the elections. I think, if I remember very well Jammeh said that their mission was "house cleaning". For their name to go into history , the most honourable thing to do should be "Not to Contest the Election". I am even in for the idea that they sould be given schlarships to go and study.
To Mr. Jawara and Islam, I think enough is said. Remenber The Gambia is a secular state. We can still have religious discussions, but not on those premises. Thanks for your patience. Shalom.
Famara.
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 21:47:57 JST +900 From: binta@iuj.ac.jp To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Yaya Jammeh's new party Message-ID: <199608271241.VAA24751@mlsv.iuj.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Gambia-l:
Reuters News courtesy of Afreenet:
Gambia's military ruler lunches political party
BANJUL, Aug 27 (Reuter) - Gambia's young military leader, Yahya Jammeh, who plans to contest next month's presidential election as a civilian, has launched a new political party, urging the nation to rally round him.
Jammeh, aged 31, who ousted elected president Sir Dawda Jawara in 1994 accusing him of corruption, told 40,000 jubilant supporters at a six-hour-long rally late on Monday that he had no interest in politics but had the nation's interest at heart.
The Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies has, however, dismissed rules governing the September 26 election as flawed, saying that they would allow the small West African country's military leaders to strengthen their grip on power.
Captain Edward Singateh, vice-chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), introduced Jammeh to the crowd as leader of the new party -- the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC).
``I call all Gambians to work together for the development of the country. I urge them to be on the look out for some hyenas who are still hungry for power and want to ruin the country,'' Jammeh said, in an address mixing Wolof and Mandinka dialects.
``I came to power to set things straight and wipe out the bad deeds of the former regime and the British.''
Gambia, which won independence from Britain in 1965 is a tiny country of just over a million people surrounded by Senegal. It runs inland from the Atlantic along the river from which it takes its name. It main income comes from groundnuts and tourism.
Singateh, who is also defence minister, said Jammeh enjoyed the support of the armed forces. ``We urge him to continue the good work he has started,'' he said.
Jammeh paid tribute to France, Canada, Cuba, Taiwan, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria and Ghana for their support.
He says he does not plan to campaign for the September 26 elections from which the nation's main political leaders and parties have been barred. Local Government Minister Captain Yankuba Touray, a fellow member of the ruling military council, will, however, run a campaign by the new party.
Two smaller parties have said they plan to put up candidates provided they can meet tough registration conditions.
Prominent Gambian barrister Ousseynou Darboe has said he too plans to form a political party and stand.
``I was contacted by a cross-section of the community from Banjul to up country and asked to contest the presidential elections,'' the vice-chairman of the influential Gambia Bar Association said on Friday.
A decree last Wednesday said anyone indulging in politics before campaigning officially starts on September 9 would face a fine of one million dalasis ($102,000) or life imprisonment.
Candidates must gather 5,000 signatures from around the country by the September 5 registration deadline.
Gambia's military rulers lifted a two-year ban on all political activity on August 14, then announced two days later that the country's three main parties would be excluded.
They banned all who served as ministers under Sir Dawda, head of state from independence until 1994, and excluded his People's Progressive Party, the National Convention Party and the Gambia People's Party.
Jammeh has said there would be no point in uncovering the corruption of the former government if those responsible were allowed to resume political careers.
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:27:03 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Signing off.... Message-ID: <27AUG96.10207069.0174.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
Beloved brothers and sisters:
I regret to announce that after Friday Aug.30,1996 I will not be able to use this eMail address anymore. I am therefore asking Tony, Abdou, Dr. Janneh or whoever is responsible to romove me from the list after Friday, Aug.30. I intend to sign on again in January when I start graduate work. Thanks. Pa-Mambuna.
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 14:42:38 BST From: L Konteh <L.Konteh-95@student.lut.ac.uk> To: Gambia-L@u.washington.edu (GAMBIA-L) Subject: RE: Famara's Comments Message-ID: <9608271342.AA14377@hpl.lut.ac.uk>
Famara,
Perhaps you can explain the rationale why Foni has 5 constituencies (increase from 3 to 5) with just over 14,000 inhabitants while, for example Fulladu East have only ONE (1) with over 84,000 inhabitants. A whole constituency was abolished in Badibou.
The fact that people like you and Manlafy Jarjou are blinded by these simple facts only goes to prove my point. Even a neutral observer in the person of Mats Danielson (A Swede) were able to realise our feelings.
I shall not comment further on this. Good luck with your thoughts.
Peace Lang
READ ON !!!!!!!!
Dear everybody,
This is an introduction mail from Mats Danielsson, perhaps the first (?) Swedish member of GAMBIA-L.
So how was the situation like in The Gambia, well both ways.
The visual signs of the AFPRC takeover, expressed as pompous monuments, are remarkable and seem to have been risen in order to impose on people a reminder of the military's total control of what is considered important and what is not, with the Banjul arch as a good example.
The feeling I had was that people, when you talked to them personally, were worried and confused, not knowing what to think about the current situation. A common opinion was that there was in fact evidence of the efficiency and straight-forwardness of the new regime, and that things were "finally done where the former president Jawara failed".
Initially it seemed heroic, and I actually believe, or want to believe, that the AFPRC's intentions were good. But power seems to have blinded them, today following the handbook of depotism by paragraph; controlled media, the ban of political parties, re-installing of death penalty etc etc. And on top of it all, a general threating attitude as well as tendencies towards tribalism, something that Gambia earlier has been relatively, if not entirely, spared from.
The AFPRC also has the classic tool of a dictatorship; control of the media, totally in charge of whatever the newly installed TV channel offers, i.e. "The Chairman's Tour", "The Chairman talking to the farmers" etc. To impress the farmers and win them over to their side, the AFPRC use mostly big proverbs when talking to them.
Something else happened shortly before I left, Jammeh was insulting the Jolas for working as watchmen etc when they should be up river farming. And if they didn't go back to farming, the AFPRC would MAKE them go. This is at least how I understood it, my Wolof is not the best...
But why is Jammeh, being a Jola himself, picking on his own tribe? Well, maybe it's purely tactical, making it more accepted to go through the whole scale of tribes later on... Whatever, this is the start of making, or imposing, tribal differences, and that is scary I think. This statement seemed to have upset most people. Another issue was the question of finances, from WHERE did the AFPRC get the money? Khadaffi? Is it tax money from the Libanese? If it is all based on loans, then how will our children ever be free?
When I spoke to people on these issues, it was remarkable how scared they were to talk about it in public. They told me many times (as did my wife) to keep my mouth shut "So those cars without number plates don't come and take you away".
I am worried about the situation in the country, but at the same time I have the feeling that the AFPRC want to avoid a development similar to that of other African countries (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi etc).
I have read many of your letters, and I can doubtlessly say that what The Gambia needs is the spirit and knowledge of its sons and daughters living abroad. I agree on what was said in one of those messages about using the intellectual capacity of Gambians abroad. They are in possession of the key to a future, true democracy in the country.
Best Of Greetings Mats
Hi Gambia-l! ******************************************************** 1. The chieftaincy districts have been transformed into constituency boundries and has brought inequalities in represantation among inhabitants of various chieftaincy districts. Below is a list of the constituencies, the projected inhibitants of each constituency and a possible voter roll acording to the 1993 census.
Constituency Projected inhabitants Posible voter roll _______________ ____________________ ___________________
Kombo North 80,478 32,651 Kombo South 39,694 14,623 Kombo Central 56,094 21,521 Kombo East 21,028 8,618 Foni Brefet 8,529 3,286 Foni Bintang 11,397 4,611 Foni Kansala 7,748 3,364 Foni Bondali 4,594 1,582 Foni Jarol 5,355 2,056
Lower Nuimi 35,147 12,505 Upper Nuimi 21,552 6,983 Jokadou 14,874 5,226 Lower Badibou 14,391 5,479 Central Badibou 15,060 5,579 Upper Badibou 55,438 20,473
Jangjangbureh 2,813 1,199
Fuladou West 57,995 24,575
Fuladou East 84,327 33,990
One could see that Fuladou East with its 33,990 eligible votes being given one seat in parliment where five Foni districts with a combined voting strenght of 14,099 are given five seats. Jangjangbureh constituency has a population of 2,813 while Fuladou east has a population of 84,327.
It was best to retain the previous constituencies and further devide the growth centers into more constituencies. *****************************************************************
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 14:54:48 BST From: L Konteh <L.Konteh-95@student.lut.ac.uk> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: RE: Famara's Comments Message-ID: <9608271354.AA14589@hpl.lut.ac.uk>
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 10:27:44 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: momodou@inform-bbs.dk Cc: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960827101707.22585G-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hi, Dr Nyang has not been receiving email for the past 2 days. The Howard mail server seems not to be working properly. Secondly, can anyone tell me if the following message has been posted on the list before ? There appears to be a problem with Momodou's account. Thanks for your help. -Abdou.
On 27 Aug 1996, Momodou Camara wrote:
> Please don't misunderstand Dr. Sulayman Nyang for quoting this particular mail > > but it has become a habit that list memers send personal messages through > this > cyber Bantaba. I agree in the point he raised and I am sure there are many > others > who are also not interested in receiving private conversations which does not > > concern them. > > ----------------------------- > > > >--PART.BOUNDARY.0.561.emout12.mail.aol.com.841097638 > >Content-ID: <0_561_841097638@emout12.mail.aol.com.70591> > >Content-type: text/plain > > > >TO: SULAYMAN S. NYANG > > > >I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING "PERSONAL" ABOUT WHAT SAL BARRY > >WROTE. HE WAS MERELY EXPRESSING INTEREST IN WHAT I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA; > AND > >AT THE SAME TIME SAYING HELLO TO AN OLD FRIEND. IF YOU PROBABLY TOOK YOUR > >TIME AND READ IT THOROUGHLY, YOU WOULD HAVE REALIZED THIS. > >THANK YOU > > > >HADDIJATOU SECKA > > > >YOU WROTE: > > > >--PART.BOUNDARY.0.561.emout12.mail.aol.com.841097638 > >Content-ID: <0_561_841097638@emout12.mail.aol.com.70592> > >Content-type: text/plain; > >name="NYANG" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > >Subject: Re: GHS Alumni Association (fwd) > >Date: 96-08-26 12:04:38 EDT > >From:at137@columbia.edu (ABDOU) > >Sender:GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu > >Reply-to:gambia-l@u.washington.edu > >To:gambia-l@u.washington.edu (GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues > >Mailing List) > >=0D > > > >From: Sulayman S. Nyang (nyang @ cldc.howard.edu) > >=0D > >I am writing to remind our subscribers that Gambia 1 is our Bantaba. It > >should therefore be a public forum for the ventilation of views on matter= > >s > >affecting the Gambia and people of Gambian descent elsewhere in the > >world.Because of the seriousness of this challenge and owing to our > >interest in circulating important information about the African region, i= > >t > >would be cyber-impolite to make our Bantaba a personal telephone booth. > >Let us keep as an electronic Bantaba where only public matters are > >discussed critically and frankly. > >=0D > >On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, SAL BARRY wrote: > >=0D > >> Hey Haddijatou, > >> How are doing? Men, I haven't seen you in quite > >> sometime. I noticed that You didn't use your e-mail address.I > >> hope you read this posting. I read the piece about a GHS Alumni > >> Association. Even though I didn't graduate from GHS, I will like > >> to be involved in such a group. I'm glad someone is thinking of > >> something of this nature. I am very interested in helping brothers > >> and sisters further their education. Try to get in touch cos we > >> need to discuss this in detail. = > > > >> = > > > >> = > > > >> = > > > >> Keep it light > > > ----------------------------- > Momodou Camara > ____________________________ > momodou@inform-bbs.dk,internet > or > mcamara@post3.tele.dk,internet > ____________________________ > > --- OffRoad 1.9o registered to Momodou Camara > > > ************************************** > Sent via Inform-BBS > -Denmark's leading alternative network > Information: info@inform-bbs.dk > > ************************************** > > >
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 10:50:14 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Jammeh's new party. Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960827103752.28438A-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hi folks, Does anyone find something amiss in that Reuters report. No one is supposed to campaign before Sept. 9th. Jammeh talking in front of 40,000 people looks to me like he is campaigning. Singateh introducing Jammeh looks to me like the classical case of the army getting involved in politics. Jammeh and his friends are starting to show their true colors. These are a bunch of thugs who suddenly find themselves in power. Their disregard for the law and constitutionality is increasingly becoming apparent in their flagrant violation of the same "law" that they themselves wrote. Alhagie, from Nigeria, has a point when he says that The Gambia is taking the Nigerian path. It seems almost certain that come December, Jammeh will still be around. The sad part is that some other Lieutenant, seeing the ease of subjugating The Gambian people, will also be plotting yet another coup. The cycle of coup and countercoup has just begun. May I be wrong. -Abdou.
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 12:29:24 -0400 (EDT) From: mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Signing off.... Message-ID: <9608271629.AA40936@st6000.sct.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
On Tuesday, August 27, 1996, Pa-Mambuana wrote:
> Beloved brothers and sisters: > > I regret to announce that after Friday Aug.30,1996 I will not be able > to use this eMail address anymore. I am therefore asking Tony, Abdou, > Dr. Janneh or whoever is responsible to romove me from the list after > Friday, Aug.30. I intend to sign on again in January when I start > graduate work. > Thanks. > Pa-Mambuna.
Pa-Mambuna, I just want to say that you have contributed so much to the discussions on the list. I hope that you will get connected back soon and good luck on your adventures.
Thank you.
Moe S. Jallow mjallow@st6000.sct.edu
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 14:00:10 CDT From: <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> To: GAMBIA-L@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject: Re: Interested in Joining!!! ... Message-ID: <199608271759.KAA05697@mx4.u.washington.edu>
BABOUCARR SILLA:
You disagreed too soon with the Alhagie from Nigeria (by the way, welcome, Alhagie). Alhagie comes with impeccable credentials . . . an experience of nearly three decades(?) of military rule in Nigeria. I'm sure lots of people felt great when Balewa was overthrown . . . Well, I wish I would ask those same Nigerians "How you like it now?" You spoke too soon Silla; you disagreed too soon . . . Give us a couple of years; we will be as spectacularly brutal and corrupt as the Nigeria of the Juntas . . .
Morro. --------------------------( Forwarded letter follows )-----------------------
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Alhaji Aminu Wali.....(Oga-Sir) Nice to have you on board from the "Federal Republic of Nigeria" I categorically disagree with you when you said "...Gambia is headed towards the trend that Nigeria has taken all these years..." Even though I do not agree with you, but I commend you for tapping Gambia as "the most peaceful country in Africa, maybe even the world." The reasons why I disagree with your analogy are as follows: >>Gambia has never experienced a Biafra-like war, >>Gambia does not have more millitary regimes than legitimate governments, >>and election results have never been nullified in the Gambia after a winner was declared; etc etc....so I do not see a reason for an analogy. I ask you this question as a Nigerian and an honest student; how well does it borther you to see the image of Nigeria and Nigerians being distorted every minute throughout the world by Nigerians, from credit card fraud, drug smuggling, student loan abuses etc, etc. You know what, it borthers me as hell, and I know there is large number of rightous and hardworking Nigerians all over the world, but the fact of the matter is that the stereotype is way overwhelming!
Peace Baboucarr H. Sillah
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:00:56 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Liberia / Disarmament Message-ID: <27AUG96.16216827.0032.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/27/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202266 TITLE=LIBERIA / DISARMAMENT (L-ONLY) BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=ABIDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT:
/// EDS: THIS IS AN ALTERNATE TO AN EARLIER LONG REPORT, CR 2-202256, LIBERIA / DISARMAMENT BY JACKSON KANNEH ///
INTRO: LIBERIA'S MAIN FACTION LEADER CHARLES TAYLOR HAS PLEDGED TO DEMOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF FIGHTERS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND RETRIEVE AND RETURN VEHICLES AND OTHER PROPERTY STOLEN DURING WEEKS OF FIGHTING IN THE CAPITAL, MONROVIA. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS FROM OUR WEST AFRICA BUREAU.
TEXT: MR. TAYLOR SAYS THE FIRST 300 MEN WILL BE DISARMED WITHIN 14 DAYS. SOME THREE THOUSAND MILITIAMEN WILL BE DEMOBILIZED DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
THE FACTION LEADER ALSO PROMISED TO RETRIEVE AND RETURN ALL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT STOLEN BY HIS FIGHTERS FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DURING WEEKS OF FIGHTING AND LOOTING LAST APRIL.
THE UNITED NATIONS ALONE REPORTED LOSSES OF MORE THAN 350 VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WORTH NEARLY NINE-MILLION DOLLARS.
MR. TAYLOR CALLED ON WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPERS AND MEMBERS OF THE U-N OBSERVER MISSION IN LIBERIA TO MOVE INTO HIS CONTROLLED TERRITORY TO COLLECT WEAPONS AND PROCESS DEMOBILIZED FIGHTERS.
BOTH MR. TAYLOR AND ALHAJI KROMAH, WHO LEADS A SPLINTER GROUP OF THE UNITED LIBERATION MOVEMENT, HAVE OFFERED TO COMPLETELY DISARM THEIR MILITIAS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, MONTHS AHEAD OF THE TIMETABLE SET BY A NEWLY-REVISED PEACE PLAN. THE DEAL CALLS FOR COMPLETE DISARMAMENT BY NEXT JANUARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN MAY OF 1997.
FACTION LEADERS FACE STIFF SANCTIONS IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE PEACE ACCORD, INCLUDING TRIAL BY A RWANDA- AND BOSNIA-STYLE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL, EXCLUSION FROM ELECTIONS AND A FREEZE ON ASSETS HELD ABROAD.
// REST OPT //
MR. TAYLOR'S PLAN TO BEGIN DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT BEGAN SOON AFTER THE JULY SUMMIT MEETING OF WEST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE IN THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL, ABUJA. SINCE THEN, HE HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO NOT ONLY SHOW HIS WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH THE NEWLY REVISED PEACE DEAL, BUT TO OUT-DO THE OTHER FACTION LEADERS BY BEING THE FIRST TO DO SO.
MR. TAYLOR HAS, FOR YEARS, BEEN SEEN NOT ONLY AS THE MAN WHO STARTED THE WAR BUT ALSO THE OBSTACLE TO PEACE. PAST ATTEMPTS TO END THE SIX YEAR CIVIL WAR WERE GIVEN LITTLE CHANCE OF SUCCESS WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION OF CHARLES TAYLOR. OVER THE YEARS, MORE THAN ONE DOZEN PEACE DEALS HAVE FAILED -- AND MANY PEOPLE LAY THE BLAME, IN LARGE PART, ON MR. TAYLOR.
BUT AFTER YEARS OF TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CONQUER LIBERIA, THE REBEL LEADER NOW BELIEVES HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF REALIZING HIS DREAM OF BECOMING PRESIDENT THROUGH THE BALLOT BOX. SOME SAY HIS EFFORTS TO GO BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LATEST PEACE DEAL IS A SIGN HE FEARS SANCTIONS THAT WOULD CHARGE HIM WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND DISQUALIFY HIM FROM RUNNING IN NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
IT IS FOR THAT REASON MANY LIBERIANS BELIEVE THIS LATEST PEACE DEAL WILL FINALLY END YEARS OF MISERY AND DESTRUCTION. BUT OBSERVERS SAY IT ALSO RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WEST AFRICAN LEADERS, WHO FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN PRE-OCCUPIED WITH THE LIBERIAN CONFLICT, WAITED UNTIL NOW TO SHOW THE MORAL RESOLVE TO TAKE TOUGH ACTION AGAINST LIBERIA'S REBELS. (SIGNED)
NEB/WPM/JWH/MMK
27-Aug-96 11:31 AM EDT (1531 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:01:15 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Burundi / Sanctions Message-ID: <27AUG96.16222527.0032.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/27/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202270 TITLE=BURUNDI / SANCTIONS (L ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=BUJUMBURA CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: PEOPLE IN BURUNDI ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL THE PRESSURE OF SANCTIONS, WITH POWER CUTS AND LONG LINES FOR FUEL NOW A NORMAL PART OF LIFE. CHRIS TOMLINSON REPORTS FROM BURUNDI'S CAPITAL, BUJUMBURA.
TEXT: BURUNDI'S CAPITAL REMAINED WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR A FOURTH DAY TUESDAY, AND FUEL LINES STRETCHED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS REBEL ATTACKS AND INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS BEGIN TO TAKE THEIR TOLL.
HOSPITALS, MILITARY BASES, AND HOTELS ARE BURNING PRECIOUS DIESEL FUEL TO RUN GENERATORS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY REBELS HAVE KNOCKED OUT FOUR PYLONS SUPPORTING HIGH TENSION WIRES WHICH SUPPLY BUJUMBURA WITH ELECTRICITY FROM A HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAM IN NORTHERN BURUNDI.
SIMILAR ATTACKS IN THE PAST HAVE LEFT BUJUMBURA WITHOUT POWER FOR WEEKS. BUT SINCE NEIGHBORING NATIONS HAVE IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON ALL TRADE WITH BURUNDI, THE SUPPLY OF FUEL FOR GENERATORS IS STEADILY SHRINKING AND NOT BEING REPLACED.
MEANWHILE, HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS REPORT THAT MORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF A MILITARY OPERATION ON THE WESTERN OUTSKIRTS OF BUJUMBURA. A LOCAL MILITARY COMMANDER SAID THE OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED TO FLUSH OUT HUTU REBELS WHO HAVE BEEN ENFORCING AN EMBARGO ON TRANSPORTING FOOD TO THE MOSTLY TUTSI CAPITAL.
HUTU OPPONENTS HAVE CALLED ON FARMERS TO PROTEST THE JULY 25TH COUP BY NOT TAKING THEIR FOOD TO MARKET IN BUJUMBURA. THE INTERNATIONAL EMBARGO ON BURUNDI WAS COMPLETED AUGUST NINTH, ALSO TO PROTEST THE COUP.
THE SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI WILL BE DISCUSSED AT A REGIONAL COORDINATION MEETING ON AUGUST 31ST. U-N OFFICIALS HOPE TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO TRANSPORT HUMANITARIAN AID TO BURUNDI UNHINDERED, AND BURUNDIANS HOPE REGIONAL LEADERS WILL RELAX THE STRANGLEHOLD ON THEIR COUNTRY. (SIGNED)
NEB/CT/JWH/MMK
27-Aug-96 12:12 PM EDT (1612 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:35:48 -0400 (EDT) From: awali@st6000.sct.edu (Aminu Wali) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Where is Gambia HEADED? Message-ID: <9608280235.AA60824@st6000.sct.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Hello..., Thank you Abdou, Moe and the rest of Gambia-l memebers who allowed me to join the Gambia-l list. I have been reading some of the postings and found
them somewhat interesting.
I am somehow reluctant to say that the discussions are going on fairly well. If all the list members can participate, maybe it will be even more interesting. Nevertheless, I would like to praise all those who put this list together. This certainly shows that we are moving forward in the right direction.
About my comment to the situation in the Gambia, I was merely commenting on the true nature of African politics. I do feel sorry for Mr. Sillah who appears to be offended by it. Only a blind person will attempt to compare the situation in Nigeria to that of the Gambia. If Mr. Sillah has read a little bit of history of Nigeria (and Africa), he should have known some of the facts.
Whenever a government falls at the hands of illiterate military seargeants, disaster always awaits within arms reach. Very soon economies will collapse, cities will deteriorate and most important, food production will decline. We have always witnessed that the first successful coup in any African countrry has never been the last. As governments grow weaker, people migrate in search of food, land and jobs. This results in conflict and chaos because too many people are competing for too few commodities.
Most of these so-called presidents are not leaders in a true sense. They love to execise central authority where the uneducated masses pay them silent obedience. They lack the respect and sense of legitimacy and many do not take them seriously. Eventually, they will re-write the constitution, abolish parliament and nationalize the economy and finally make themselves presidents for life. They will then jail hundereds of oponents, terminate national elections and then establish a one-party state.
My friends, this is how it all started in Nigeria. The soldiers have handed over power to the civilian government before but they were back before any one could celebrate. In any country where national goals cannot be clearly defined, Rebels will fight for self -interest at the expense of the majority. As a result, most African countries are ruled by dictators who are nothing more than illiterate seargeants with guns.
There will be more on this.......
I thank you all.
Alhagie Aminu Wali
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 21:52:16 CDT From: "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Fw: Helping victims of the flood in The Gambia Message-ID: <9608280252.AA24925@pv6813.vincent.iastate.edu>
Ya Soffie,
I want to commend you for the work you are doing with the Gambia Foundation Inc. It's quite impressive. I would like to help. Can you give me a contact address/phone number at The Gambia Foundation Inc. to send items of clothing to, not only for the victims of the flood, but also for later references. Thanks!
N'Deye Marie
------- N'Deye Marie N'Jie <nmnjie@iastate.edu> Dept. of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-3153
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:05:48 CDT From: "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Signing off.... Message-ID: <9608280305.AA24942@pv6813.vincent.iastate.edu>
Tony/Latjorr/Abdou...
Please remove my name from the list after Friday, August 30,1996. I am moving to Ohio State -- Columbus to continue my graduate work. I will sign on again sometime next month, once I get a new e-mail address. Thanks.
N'Deye Marie
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:24:27 CDT From: "N'Deye Marie N'Jie" <nmnjie@iastate.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: RE: Alhagie Amuni's comments Message-ID: <9608280324.AA24991@pv6813.vincent.iastate.edu>
Alhagie Amuni,
I hate to say this, but I agree with you. The Gambia is headed in the same direction that Nigeria and some of our other African countries are in. The signs are all there. They say all good things come to an end... The Gambia's era of peace is ending. Can we learn from Africa's past mistakes and stop this obvious trend??? I don't know, but I hope so.
In peace, N'Deye Marie
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:05:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Cc: msjaiteh@mtu.edu Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Action: Follow-up Message-ID: <199608280405.AAA08392@aspen> Content-Type: text
Famara, There is no doubt that you've made some valuable points although I am tempted to disagree with you on your comments about legitimacy of jammeh and Co. It would be flawed to refer to the july 22, 1994 event as a successful revolution. While it may be a successful overthrow of an elected government by a bunch of armed youngmen who only a few years ago at the time of their recruitment swear to protect the constitution, it does not deserve be called a revolution.
Malanding
> Hello Gambia-l, > This is amessage I send on Sunday, but only Abdou received it. > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > From: Self <AMADEUS/FAMARAAS> > To: at137@columbia.edu > Subject: Re: Action: Follow-up > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 22:29:01 > > Hello Gambia-l, > > It has been very silent from this end. I was away for 3 weeks in > July. One week organising a Gambian Week in Bergen, and two weeks > holidays in Sweden. Thanks to all of you for your contributions. > I am still trying to "catch up" with the postings send earlier. But I > decided that I cannot wait any further. I am sorry for my > commentaries on some of the issues which are now stale. > > I would first like to get some assistance from the computer experts > concerning some postings which I cannot get fully on the screen, the > margins are too long. This is mainly Yaya's postings. Is there > anything I can do to be able to see the whole message on my screen? > > Mafy took up a very important issue some time ago. I do not want to > bother you with this once more but, I do not think this issue was exhausted. > I remember, I once challenge the net on Jammeh (AFPRC) and tribalism > when Lang Konteh made such allegations, but their was no response. I > think people who relly believed that their is tribalism should give > us examples, so that we can give this issue a proper treatment rather than just > preculating. I know tribalism can explain a lot of phenomena, but we > should also watch out for what I refer to "trabal redctionism". In > almost all the cases of ethnic gencoide it the intellectuals who > mobolise such sentiments. We should not allow this in the Gambia. I > cannot see any sings of "Liberian situation" as it is refered to by > some members. There are no political or social movements mobilising > on tribal lines as far as I know. Enlighthen me!! > > On the issue of expelling Tombong, I think it's very unfair. I hate all > kind of oppression, and wife beating is not an exception. I agree > with Moe Jallow that the discussion on this issue should take another > direction. It should not be focused on Tombong. I guess Tombong is > not the only Gambian doing this outdated and backward act. The > network should not be judging individuals. We should make an effort > to enlighthen our men to refrain from this barbaric act, and our > women not to accept it. This is "No Good Culture" > > Concerning spying, this issue has ben discussed before. Even if > Tombing is expelled how do we if Sillah himself or any > "anti-Tombong"member is not giving prints of > the postings to the AFPRC. What do we really know about all the other > members? I think we should put this issue aside and go forward. > > Those of you organising a movement to boycott the elections and isolate > the regime in The Gambia, remember that, boycotting will be done mainly > by the potential opponents of the AFPRC. I strongly agree with Morro, > Yaya (not Jammeh) and Addou. > People are talking about legitimacy. I think some of us are > still dreaming. Jawara's time is over and out. Who said that a > successful revolution is not legitimate? I think what people should > do is to encourage more organised opposition to Jammeh if they do not > like him, and try and get as many opposition parliamentarians into > the parliament if Jammeh ever win the elections. > If we encouragethe international community to isolate The Gambia, > Jammeh and co. will be the last to feel it. It is our brothers and > sisters in the street who feels it first. Jammeh and co. grew very > fat while the Tourist Boycott was on. It was mainly the hotel workers > and whose who earn their living through tourism who suffered together > with their families. > I personally will prefer that Jammeh and his boys never contested the > elections. I think, if I remember very well Jammeh said that their > mission was "house cleaning". For their name to go into history , the > most honourable thing to do should be "Not to Contest the > Election". I am even in for the idea that they sould be given > schlarships to go and study. > > To Mr. Jawara and Islam, I think enough is said. Remenber The Gambia > is a secular state. We can still have religious discussions, but not on > those premises. > Thanks for your patience. > Shalom. > > Famara. > > > >
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:06:27 -0400 (EDT) From: mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Where is Gambia HEADED? Message-ID: <9608280406.AA33678@st6000.sct.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
On Tuesday, August 27, 1996, Aminu Wali wrote:
> Whenever a government falls at the hands of illiterate military > seargeants, disaster > always awaits within arms reach. Very soon economies will collapse, > cities will > deteriorate and most important, food production will decline. We have > always > witnessed that the first successful coup in any African countrry has > never been > the last. As governments grow weaker, people migrate in search of > food, land > and jobs. This results in conflict and chaos because too many people > are > competing for too few commodities.
Aminu....,
You've spoken well my friend. I think that the most remarkable aspect of coups is their impact on the average citizen. Even though they are usually staged in thename of economic reform and social justice, they seldom accomplish either.
Thanks.
Regards, Moe S. Jallow
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Date: 28 Aug 1996 11:47:54 GMT From: momodou@inform-bbs.dk (Momodou Camara) To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: The right to vote Message-ID: <952172510.39891762@inform-bbs.dk>
Gambians abroad will not be able to vote in the forthcoming presidential and National Assembly elections. In reply to a letter from a group of Gambians calling themselves 'Right To Vote campaign Group UK' published in FOROYAA issue of 8-15 August addressed to the
Chairman of the PIEC calling on the Commission to allow them the right to vote, FOROYAA gathered from the Commission that it will not be able to conduct regestrationn abroad for the forthcoming presidential and National Assembly elections.
Regards Momodou Camara
--- OffRoad 1.9o registered to Momodou Camara
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 14:44:28 BST From: L Konteh <L.Konteh-95@student.lut.ac.uk> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: TRUTH STINKS Message-ID: <9608281344.AA15149@hpl.lut.ac.uk>
Mr. Alhagie Aminu Wali, May i take this opportunity to welcome you on board. The fact of the matter is, truth stinks, especially to those who do not want to refer to past events. In fact i will go on to say that the whole of WEST AFRICA SUB-REGION is in a mess with only a few exceptions. Nigeria under Abacha and before that Babanginda, Burkina Fasso under Campaore, Niger under former military turn civilian, Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea under Lansana Conteh, Ghana under Rawlings, Liberia (Situation still not resolved), Sierra Leone (Situation just resolved), Guinea Bissau and latterly Gambia on the brink, heading in similar directions. Its good we have people like you to tell us your experience. It takes time for truth to sink in. There is a general attitude among many Gambians which is worrying indeed; i.e "if it doesn't affect me directly its alright" People talk about Revolution, i don't know where they get that word from. I thought that is to do with ideological difference. The military in the Gambia said they came in to wipe out corruption and bring in accountability and transparency. I don't want to deal with corruption time will tell on that one. However, where is accountability if a former AFPRC spokesman Ebou Jallow is alledged to have absconded with $3 Million, money intended for oil and iris potatoes. Where is transparency if that money comes from God. These are not my words mind you. Please continue to share your experience with us, the silent majority is with you. Bye Lang
> About my comment to the situation in the Gambia, I was merely > commenting > on the true nature of African politics. I do feel sorry for Mr. > Sillah who appears > to be offended by it. Only a blind person will attempt to compare the > situation > in Nigeria to that of the Gambia. If Mr. Sillah has read a little bit > of history of > Nigeria (and Africa), he should have known some of the facts. > > Whenever a government falls at the hands of illiterate military > seargeants, disaster > always awaits within arms reach. Very soon economies will collapse, > cities will > deteriorate and most important, food production will decline. We have > always > witnessed that the first successful coup in any African countrry has > never been > the last. As governments grow weaker, people migrate in search of > food, land > and jobs. This results in conflict and chaos because too many people > are > competing for too few commodities. > > Most of these so-called presidents are not leaders in a true sense. > They love to > execise central authority where the uneducated masses pay them silent > obedience. > They lack the respect and sense of legitimacy and many do not take > them seriously. > Eventually, they will re-write the constitution, abolish parliament > and nationalize > the economy and finally make themselves presidents for life. They > will then jail > hundereds of oponents, terminate national elections and then > establish a one-party > state. > > My friends, this is how it all started in Nigeria. The soldiers have > handed over > power to the civilian government before but they were back before any > one could > celebrate. In any country where national goals cannot be clearly > defined, Rebels will > fight for self -interest at the expense of the majority. As a result, > most African > countries are ruled by dictators who are nothing more than illiterate > seargeants > with guns. > > Alhagie Aminu Wali > >
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:54:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Ylva Hernlund <yher@u.washington.edu> To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: introduction Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.92a.960828094217.127424B-100000@homer04.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Greetings, First of all: thank you for including me on your list. I found out about it after talking to Tony and Mamadou at the VAS party last Saturday, and am very pleased to have connected with the Gambian community in the area and to receive ongoing--if alarming--news from the Gambia. I left the Gambia on Aug 16, right after the lifting of the ban on political parties had been qualified by the new ban on "certain indiviuduals and parties." The mood in Bakau was tense and worried, essentially I heard exactly the same type of comments as did Mats in his report (by the way, I am a Swedish citizen,too, so we have at least two Swedish members!) I sensed a change in people's attitudes in just that brief month I was there this summer (I was doing pre-dissertation research on women's health issues--I am a graduate student at the UW), the hope that elections would be timely, fair, and uneventful faded with every day..... Again, thank you for including me. Ylva Hernlund
PS Has anyone seen any recent news item regarding the Cambodian heroin shipment, addressed to the Gambian Department of Agriculture, which was intercepted in Nouakchott? Everyone was talking about it when I left Gambia...
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 13:19:35 CDT From: <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Where is Gambia HEADED? Message-ID: <199608281720.KAA04443@mx4.u.washington.edu>
Aminu (Alhagie):
As I look at your outline of the chronology of events we should expect from an African military government, I relaize, we (in the Gambia) have advanced quite a bit down the list--Merrily, merrily . . . .
Morro. --------------------------( Forwarded letter follows )-----------------------
Received: from gatekeeper.co.hennepin.mn.us by IBM.CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US (IBM MVS SMTP V3R1) with TCP; Tue, 27 Aug 96 21:45:34 CST Received: by gatekeeper.co.hennepin.mn.us (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA11981; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 21:46:02 -0500 Received: from lists2.u.washington.edu(140.142.56.1) by gatekeeper.co.hennepin.mn.us via smap (V1.3) id sma011977; Tue Aug 27 21:45:42 1996 Received: from lists.u.washington.edu by lists2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.04/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA17364; Tue, 27 Aug 96 19:36:06 -0700 Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.06/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA26094; Tue, 27 Aug 96 19:35:59 -0700 Received: from st6000.sct.edu ([168.28.176.249]) by mx5.u.washington.edu (8.7.5+UW96.08/8.7.3+UW96.08) with SMTP id TAA22670 for <gambia-l@u.washington.edu>; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 19:35:57 -0700 Received: by st6000.sct.edu (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA60824; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:35:48 -0400 Message-Id: <9608280235.AA60824@st6000.sct.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:35:48 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Sender: GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu Precedence: bulk From: awali@st6000.sct.edu (Aminu Wali) To: GAMBIA-L: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Where is Gambia HEADED? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.0 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN
Hello...,
Thank you Abdou, Moe and the rest of Gambia-l memebers who allowed me to join the Gambia-l list. I have been reading some of the postings and found
them somewhat interesting.
I am somehow reluctant to say that the discussions are going on fairly well. If all the list members can participate, maybe it will be even more interesting. Nevertheless, I would like to praise all those who put this list together. This certainly shows that we are moving forward in the right direction.
About my comment to the situation in the Gambia, I was merely commenting on the true nature of African politics. I do feel sorry for Mr. Sillah who appears to be offended by it. Only a blind person will attempt to compare the situation in Nigeria to that of the Gambia. If Mr. Sillah has read a little bit of history of Nigeria (and Africa), he should have known some of the facts.
Whenever a government falls at the hands of illiterate military seargeants, disaster always awaits within arms reach. Very soon economies will collapse, cities will deteriorate and most important, food production will decline. We have always witnessed that the first successful coup in any African countrry has never been the last. As governments grow weaker, people migrate in search of food, land and jobs. This results in conflict and chaos because too many people are competing for too few commodities.
Most of these so-called presidents are not leaders in a true sense. They love to execise central authority where the uneducated masses pay them silent obedience. They lack the respect and sense of legitimacy and many do not take them seriously. Eventually, they will re-write the constitution, abolish parliament and nationalize the economy and finally make themselves presidents for life. They will then jail hundereds of oponents, terminate national elections and then establish a one-party state.
My friends, this is how it all started in Nigeria. The soldiers have handed over power to the civilian government before but they were back before any one could celebrate. In any country where national goals cannot be clearly defined, Rebels will fight for self -interest at the expense of the majority. As a result, most African countries are ruled by dictators who are nothing more than illiterate seargeants with guns.
There will be more on this.......
I thank you all.
Alhagie Aminu Wali
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 14:36:57 CDT From: <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Rasining Funds for Mr. Darboe . . . Message-ID: <199608281837.LAA12157@mx4.u.washington.edu>
Gambia-l:
I guess we all know that Attorney & Vice President of The Gambia Bar Association, Ousainou Darboe, is running for president. A few basic facts:
1. Mr. Darboe should file his application with the Electoral Commission, today, 28-8-96,
2. The party name should be United Democratic Party,
3. The party symbol should be the "Unity Handshake",
4. The party flag color is "Golden Yellow", and
5. The party motto is "Justice, peace, & Prosperity.
Now I know that some of us, ideally, prefer that the elections were boycotted. But it seems that we do have a credible candidate, be it all a disabled one (because of the AFPRC unfair restriction).
We should do all we can to empower our candidate and esnure victory on September 26. There are three things one could do to help Mr. Darboe, hypothetically. 1. Vote for him on September 26, 1996, 2. Go home and campaign for him, as soon as the ban is lifted on Sept. 9, 1996, or/and 3. Make a financial contribution to his campaign.
It would seem that (3) three is the best option for most of us. I that spirit, I believe that there will be several people raising funds for Mr. Darboe. I hope that all of you around the world, can form your own committees for this purpose and raise as much as possible before Sept. 9. Mr. Darboe, I suspect, will need the money right away.
Trust your best judgment. Mr. Darboe, is restrained from communicating with fellow Gambians for fear that this may be construed as engaging in "campaigning." Thus, again, we must use our best judgment and raise funds as appropriate. Persons who have taken the initiative individually, as well as by committee, can contact me at 612-870-7629. When the Sept. 9, deadline approaches, we will make arrangements to get the funds to The Gambia. Preferrably, contributions should be in the form of checks/cheques $100-200 made out to "The United Democratic Party."
Morro. (Sorry for any typos . . . In a hurry.)
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:33:30 GMT+1 From: "Famara A. Sanyang" <FAMARAAS@amadeus.cmi.no> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: RE: Famara's Comments Message-ID: <2C5F06F22AD@amadeus.cmi.no>
Lang,
Thanks for your reply, but if I remembered well it was the old chieftaincies which are now converted to constituencies. If this is the case, then I don't think Foni is the only area with an advantage. I personally believe that constituencies should not be divided according to established borders. These borders were established at a time in history. The number of potential voters should also be taken into consideration. I wasn't aware of the Baddibu case, can you tell me why? My point is not to justify the constituencies in Foni (by the way am not from Foni, for the records), what am interested in is to talk of the real problem, which is what are the prerequisites for dividing the country into constituencies? I think the discussion should be at this level and not on Fonis and Jammeh. If Jammeh is telling the people in the Fonis not to give their votes to other candidates because they belong to other tribes, then I don't think Jammeh can never be a president, because the Jola are a minority tribe in the Gambia, as far as I know. Since you said that you will not comment any further on the issue I will stop bordering the group with the issue.
Shalom,
Famara.
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:13:44 -0500 (EST) From: Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: G. National Troupe Message-ID: <01I8TF4RBGOK0027WV@PSTCC6.PSTCC.CC.TN.US> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
Gambia-l:
The Gambia National Troupe will be performing at Knoxville's World's Fair Site and P.S.T.C. College on Friday, Sept. 6. Everyone on the list is invited to attend the program.
I have been told that I am a "wonderful" host, so just come to town and I'll take care of you.
Peace! Amadou Scattred-Janneh
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:26:51 -0500 (EST) From: Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: 96H28061.html Message-ID: <01I8THPO1UEQ0022BV@PSTCC6.PSTCC.CC.TN.US> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
Panafrican News Agency News Stories | Environment | Economics | Science and Health | Sports | Africa Press Review Copyright 1996 Panafrican News Agency and Africa News Service. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed, posted to any other location, published or used for broadcast without written authorization from the Panafrican News Agency. B.P. 4056, Dakar, Senegal. Tel: (221) 24-13-95 | Fax: (221) 24-13-90 | E-mail: quoiset@sonatel.senet.net 28 Aug 96 - Liberia-Ecowas More West African Troops Set For Liberia From Paul Ejime; PANA Staff Correspondent LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - Six countries, including four that already have troops in Liberia, have indicated their readiness to send forces to beef up ECOMOG, the West African Peace-Monitoring Force in the war-torn west African country. Sources at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Lagos, have said that two countries, Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, will be deploying troops for the first time since ECOMOG was sent to Liberia in 1990. The force is currently estimated at 8,500 soldiers, with Nigeria contributing the bulk of the troops, followed by Ghana. Gambia, Benin and Mali are the other contributors. The sources said these countries were expected to increase the number of their troops, in line with the decision of the recent meeting in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, by west African leaders, who agreed to raise ECOMOG strength to 18,000 troops. Commenting on the Liberian crisis Tuesday, Brig.Gen. Fred Chijuka, Nigeria's director of defence information, confirmed that "some countries have promised to contribute troops" to strengthen ECOMOG. If "all the countries can contribute 1,000 troops each, the problem would be solved," he added. Contributing countries, including Nigeria and Ghana, have had to scale down the strength of their soldiers in ECOMOG in the past out of frustration at the lack of progress in the Liberian peace process. But the ECOWAS Committee of Nine, which met recently in Abuja adopted several sactions, including possible trial of leaders of any faction that violates the revised peace plan, for war crimes. The plan provides for a new ceasefire, deployment of ECOMOG troops and disarming of Liberian warriors to pave way for national election on May 30, 1997. The six-year-old Liberian civil war has killed at least 150,000 people and defied a dozen previous peace accords brokered by the 16-nation ECOWAS. _________________________________________________________________ AFRICA NEWS Home Page | AFRICA NEWS CENTRAL | The Nando Times
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 19:09:24 -0400 From: YAHYAD@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Yahya N. Darboe - New member.. Message-ID: <960828190923_511902455@emout19.mail.aol.com>
My name is Yahya N. Darboe. I live in Seattle, WA. I work in the computer industry up here. I have been interested in joining this list for a while now but never really had the opportunity to until now. I am really happy to be able to exchange information and ideas with such a diversed range of people.
One thing that I would like to suggest is for members to try to shorten their messages as much as possible. Just try to get to the point without too much verbose. For me when I see a very long message I just read the first paragraph to get a sense of it and decide whether to read the rest or not. I have to say for the most part, I do not read the rest.
Overall, the dialogue within the membership is quite healthy.
Thanks to all. Yahya N. Darboe
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 19:22:00 -0400 From: YAHYAD@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Gambia News from Reuters... Message-ID: <960828192159_511910581@emout08.mail.aol.com>
Something that might interest the group: BANJUL, Aug 27 (Reuter) - Gambia's military leader Captain Yahya Jammeh has signed decrees creating a navy and a national guard, an official statement said on Tuesday.
It said the new forces would replace the army's marine unit and the former national gendarmerie which merged with the army after Jammeh's 1994 coup.
The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies says the 800-strong Gambia National Army has a marine unit strength of about 70, with four inshore patrol boats.
The army of the small West African country of just over one million people was trained by Nigerian military advisors until Jammeh sent them home after the coup. END OF ARTICLE ****************************************************************************** ******************** Another attempt by the military to entrench themselves in the Gambian political scene. Yahya N.
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:36:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Yaya Jallow <yj0001@jove.acs.unt.edu> To: The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Where is Gambia HEADED? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.960828180513.12375A-100000@jove.acs.unt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hullo Fellas, Once again I wanna welcome our newest members especially our colleague from Nigeria who have already ignited another important debate on the list. I wanna briefly offer my comments. Clearly the virus of militarism and its associted problems have been infused into The Gambia in the wake of the military coup in July, 1994. The dangers of our nation slipping into that seemingly abyss hole that our neighbors (e.g Nigeria) have found them shelves is frightening but apparent reality. But let us stop and ask our shelves whether this doom and gloom attitude is going to resolve our problems. Let us be reminded of the self-fulfilling prophecy and that if we beging to think that the situation in the Gambia is hopeless, we are likely to do absolutely nothing. Then of course we join the ranks of some of those in the international community who have written out our continent and are already labeling it the dark continent. Friends, things are not that bad yet and we should instill in our shelves the resolve and hope of restoring to our nation once again tranquility and growth. Ghana has experienced many coups just like Nigeria, but if Ghana can do it, we can do it. Let us stop the cynicism and pessimism.
Yaya
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 21:53:39 -0400 From: SBojang@aol.com To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Rasining Funds for Mr. Darboe . . . Message-ID: <960828215339_512011611@emout07.mail.aol.com>
hello Morro
Firstly, I want to take this opportunity to welcome you back aboard and to bury the past differences. Now we have a common goal, to help get Lawer Darboe elected and show the A(F)PRC the exit back to the barracks.
Thanks for the information about layer Darboe or should i say candidate Darboe's party. I am very excited about the prospects and I believe very strongly that if the voting is carried out faily he will be the second president of The Gambia. I live in the Seattle area and I have been drumming up support for Darboe. Now that it is confirmed that he has infact formed a party and will be contesting the election, we need to give him all the support we can. In our case item three (3) on your list is the most feasible route that we can and should take. I will be contacting friends around here to raise funds and what we will probably do is to make a lump sum remmitance from our area here. So it will be helpful if we can get the bank name, account number and routing number for an electronic transfer.
Peases keep us informed and we will do likewise.
Thank you
Sarjo
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:10:28 -0400 (EDT) From: at137@columbia.edu To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: cnet clip, Two more candidates to contest Gambia [ 45] Reuter / Pap Saine Message-ID: <199608291410.KAA19343@mabuhay.cc.columbia.edu>
Path: news.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!bass.clari.net!soprano.clari.net!e.news Comment: O:4.0H; Distribution: cl-3,cl-edu,cl-4 From: C-reuters@clari.net (Reuter / Pap Saine) Newsgroups: clari.world.africa.western Subject: Two more candidates to contest Gambia presidency Organization: Copyright 1996 by Reuters Message-ID: <RgambiaUR9CU_6aT@clari.net> Lines: 45 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 3:00:25 PDT Expires: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 3:00:25 PDT ACategory: international Slugword: GAMBIA Threadword: gambia Priority: regular ANPA: Wc: 398/0; Id: a0555; Src: reut; Sel: reute; Adate: 08-29-N.A; Ver: 1/0 Approved: e.news@clari.net
BANJUL, Aug 29 (Reuter) - Two more candidates have announced plans to run against Gambia's military leader Captain Yahya Jammeh in presidential elections next month, bringing the total number of candidates to five. Jammeh, who took power in a coup in July 1994, has banned the three main political parties from contesting the elections and excluded anyone who served as a minister under ousted president Sir Dawda Jawara. The small People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism said Sidia Jatta would be the party's candidate. Jatta, 51, polled 5.6 percent in presidential elections in 1992 won by Jawara. Another contender, Amath Bah, who holds a managerial post at a hotel in Serekunda, said he planned to form a political party and run for the presidency. ``I am contesting to salvage the economic situation of the country, the rising unemployment,'' he told reporters. ``I have no plans to form an alliance with deadwood politicians.'' Tourism suffered after Jammeh's coup when several European countries advised their citizens against travelling to Gambia. Jammeh plans to contest the September 26 presidential election as a civilian and has launched a political party, the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), linked to his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC). So far Jammeh's main declared opponent is prominent barrister Ousainou Darboe. Lamin Bojang, leader of the small People's Democratic Party, also plans to run. The Commonwealth said last week rules for the presidential elections and for parliamentary polls in December were obviously flawed and would allow the military leaders to strengthen their grip on power. The pro-Jammeh July 22 Movement described the criticism as insulting and damaging to the democratic process. Jammeh lifted a two-year ban on all political activity on August 14, then announced two days later that the country's three main parties would be excluded. The ban covers all who served as ministers under Jawara, head of state from independence in 1965 until 1994, and excludes Jawara's People's Progressive Party, the National Convention Party and the Gambia People's Party. Jammeh has said there would be no point in uncovering the corruption of the former government if those responsible were allowed to resume political careers.
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:20:09 -0400 (EDT) From: at137@columbia.edu To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: cnet clip, Burundi defends military regime to hos [ 60] Reuter / Evelyn Leop Message-ID: <199608291420.KAA20091@mabuhay.cc.columbia.edu>
Path: news.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!bass.clari.net!soprano.clari.net!e.news Comment: O:4.0H; Distribution: cl-3,cl-edu,cl-4 Approved: editor@clarinet.com From: C-reuters@clari.net (Reuter / Evelyn Leopold) Newsgroups: clari.world.africa.eastern,clari.world.organizations.un Subject: Burundi defends military regime to hostile UN Organization: Copyright 1996 by Reuters Message-ID: <Rburundi-unURbka_6aS@clari.net> Lines: 60 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:50:16 PDT Expires: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 13:50:16 PDT ACategory: international Slugword: BURUNDI-UN Threadword: burundi Priority: regular ANPA: Wc: 556/0; Id: a1890; Src: reut; Sel: reute; Adate: 08-28-N.A; Ver: 1/0 Xref: news.columbia.edu clari.world.africa.eastern:3172 clari.world.organizations.un:4422
UNITED NATIONS (Reuter) - Burundi's ambassador Wednesday lashed out at economic sanctions imposed by African states and said any thought of an arms embargo would be a windfall for guerrillas fighting his army-run government. In a lengthy debate on Burundi before the U.N. Security Council, Ambassador Nsanze Terence said the new military government took over to stabilize the country and wanted negotiations under former Tanzanian President Julius Nyrere. Nearly every African member who spoke, as well as most Security Council members, however, were unsympathetic towards the government of President Pierre Buyoya, an army major put in power in a July coup by the Tutsi-run military, which is locked in a guerrilla war with the majority Hutus. ``These (African) brothers should have been the first to bind the wounds of Burundi,'' Terence said of the economic embargo. ``Quite the contrary, Burundi has seen economic war declared against it by fellow African people ... a gratuitous immolation of the people of Burundi.'' He said his government had just asked U.N. human rights monitors to increase their numbers in Burundi in an effort ``to put an end to this vicious circle of violence.'' More than 150,000 people have been killed in violence between the minority Tutsis and the majority Hutus since 1993. Botswana's envoy, Mothusi Nkgowe, said coups should be relegated ``to the dump heap of history'' as there could be no justification for the overthrow of a legitimate government. Chile has proposed a resolution, still under discussion, that would impose an immediate arms embargo on Burundi and call for negotiations. The draft suggests further sanctions against those who impede a political solution. Among the council's five permanent members, Russia and the United States appeared to support most elements of the Chilean proposal, while Britain, France and China were cautious. Terence, a Tutsi, said any arms embargo would leave the army unable to defend itself against Hutu guerrillas and leave the population exposed to ``armed terroritsts.'' But Chilean Ambassador Juan Somavia said: ``Every weapon that reached Burundi is a weapon aimed mainly at killing an unarmed civilian. We must not send a signal different from the African leaders themselves. Inaction is becoming the worst possible course of action.'' Burundi's parliament has been suspended and political parties are banned but Terence told reporters Buyoya would reconvene a new type of national assembly in October. The United States said the coup leaders had taken no steps to restore democracy and indiscriminate killings continued. Ambassador Karl Inderfurth said the new government should have ''unconditional'' negotiations with all parties inside and outside of the country. He said Washington strongly supported the economic sanctions imposed already and if these did not work the council would consider ``an arms embargo or targeted sanctions against faction leaders.'' But he said the international community had to be prepared for the worst and avoid a replay of the horrors in neighboring Rwanda, where widespread genocide broke out against the Tutsis two years ago. He again said the United Nations should draw up contingency plans for a rapid humanitarian intervention.
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:10:35 -0500 (EST) From: Amadou Scattred Janneh <AJANNEH@pstcc.cc.tn.us> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Rasining Funds for Mr. Darboe . . . Message-ID: <01I8UEOPW8ZW002FB3@PSTCC6.PSTCC.CC.TN.US> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
Gambia-l:
In view of the growing support for some kind of challenge to Jammeh's candidacy (especially since Darboe threw in his hat), it may be prudent for us to reconsider the boycott campaign. We have a common cause; and the manner in which to respond to Jammeh's dictatorship should not divide us.
Therefore, I will be calling and encouraging my friends/partners to make contributions to Darboe (or any other candidate) as soon as possible. I hope that I am wrong, but nothing about the elections would come anywhere near FAIRPLAY. Perhaps after the upcoming fraudulent elections, you will join us in a direct action campaign. For now, let's help the declared candidates.
Amadou
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 23:45:27 JST +900 From: binta@iuj.ac.jp To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: The Road Ahead? Message-ID: <199608291443.XAA09775@mlsv.iuj.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Gambia-l,
First, welcome to the new members. We await your fruitful and regular contributions to the List. That is the way forward.
I sent some news on the Gambia to the List some days ago. Certain parts captivated my attention, viz.: Edward Singhateh's affirmation that the army is behind Yahya's candidacy; Yahya's comment that the Local Governtment Minister, not he, will spearhead his campaign. I tied these to Lawyer Darbo's claim that some traditional rulers in the provinces are already campaigning for Yahya. What do we learn from these? Perhaps I am reading too much into the otherwise innocent remarks. Maybe my reasoning is faulty. But if these are not the case, I can see a return to the tricks of the former politicians. Intimidation of Chiefs and Alkalos to pay their allegiance to the status quo with the tacit, implied threat of dismissal for acting contrary to the `norm'. This, to my humble mind, explains why the Local Government minister will head Yahya's campaign. Edward's comment as quoted by Reuters sounds `unconstitutional'. Their own constitution(and now ours) which proscribes the security forces from politics is by implication flouted.
I must reiterate that the die is already cast; election results announced; Yahya AJJ Jammeh the declared winner. Soldiers who do not want to mix in politics and neither wanted to be messed up by it do not contest election after `redeeming' their people. Cases in point: Sierra Leone and Mali. Those who intend to turn themselves into despots under the guise of becoming `civilian' always run for office: Ghana, Niger etc. The examples for either types of `revolutionaries' are overwhelming and completely distinct. Yahya belongs to the latter. He cannot lose the election for then his livelihood will vanish, neither a soldier nor a president. If I were him I cannot afford to miss both. But he is even smarter, choosing the more lucrative that still provides the security a soldier can get(President of The Gambai--wow).
Let us support our various candidates. They seem to provide some illuminating light in our uncertain tunnel. I am not a cynic, neither a skeptic. I am trying to be realistic and rational. All is not lost, for who will be more surprised than people like me when Jammeh truly concedes defeat to any of the other contestants. But that is not impossible. They say elephants might fly!
Now the big question, will Jammeh muster enough courage and say I have lost the election when he really does? Over to Gambia-l.
Lamin Drammeh(Japan).
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:05:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu> To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Forwarded posting of Dr Nyang Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.92a.960829084404.20739B-100000@saul5.u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hi Everybody,
This is a forwarded message of Dr Sulayman Nyang's last posting to the list, and as happened to the previous ones, it bounced of as an error message. I have discussed this problem with Abdou and we have noticed that the problem is emanating from his end. His server at Howard is generating a different email address for him everytime he posts on the list thus not being recognized by Gambia-l and consequently rejects it. Infact, this is the fourth different address coming from that end. I have added the previous three addresses to the list but still could not the deliver any messages to them as they were sent by to me. As I understand, Howard University has an unreliable server which is becoming quite apparent, in light of the fact that other members of the list are posting and receiving their mails from the list without any problems. At this time, until things are fixed at their end, there is not much Abdou and myself can do about it. I am not sure whether Dr Nyang is still receiving his mails from the list along with Dr Mbye Cham who is also at Howard. Can the folks in Washington DC please relay this message to Dr Nyang. We are trying our best but not yet successful. Thanks Tony
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Anthony W Loum tloum@u.washington.edu Supervisor, Business Administration Library 206-543-4360 voice 100 Balmer Hall 206-685-9392 fax University of Washington Box 353200 Seattle, Wa.98195-3200
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This is to welcome our Nigerian neighbor to the Gambia 1.Although many of us are not living in the Gambia and some of us have adopted other homelands, we still care about what happens in the Gambia and the West African region.The Nigerians have a lot to share with their Gambian neighbors. Military dictatorship has hijacked the freedom movement in that country. More than half of the period of independence is now identified with miilitary rule in that most populous state in the continent. One out of every four African and one out of every seven black in the planet is Nigerian.It is definitely a sad commentary that the "Great Black Hope" is nowhere to be seen in the frontline of democratic construction of African civil societies.Gambians who at one time prided themselves as custodians of a democratic political system have allowed their country to decay politically and the budding democratic experiment nipped in the bud by corrupt elements working within thVe old regime and the adventurous
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:56:02 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: fwd message Message-ID: <29AUG96.17208736.0189.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/28/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202349 TITLE= BRAUN / NIGERIANS (S) BYLINE= MICHAEL LELAND DATELINE=CHICAGO CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: JUST HOURS BEFORE U-S SENATOR CAROL MOSELY-BRAUN WAS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO, A GROUP OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES MARCHED OUTSIDE HER DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING. AS WE HEAR FROM VOA'S MICHAEL LELAND, THEY WERE PROTESTING THE SENATOR'S SECRET VACATION IN NIGERIA EARLIER THIS MONTH.
TEXT: ///ACT. CHANTING BY DEMONSTRATORS ///
ABACHA MUST GO! BRAUN MUST GO! (FADES)
/// END ACT ///
ABOUT 25 PEOPLE MARCHED THROUGH CHICAGO'S FEDERAL PLAZA, CHANTING "BRAUN MUST GO!" AND "ABACHA MUST GO, " REFERRING TO NIGERIA'S MILITARY LEADER SANI ABACHA. MOST OF THE PROTESTERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE GROUPS -- NIGERIANS FOR DEMOCRACY, THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR A DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
PROTESTER SAM ENYIA WAS AMONG THOSE WHO MET WITH SENATOR MOSELEY-BRAUN IN LATE JULY TO TRY TO PERSUADE HER TO SUPPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST GENERAL ABACHA'S GOVERNMENT. MR. ENYA SAYS THE SENATOR NEVER MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A PERSONAL TRIP TO NIGERIA.
/// ENYIA ACT #1 ///
WE FELT BETRAYED AND NOT RESPECTED. AS A POWERFUL SENATOR, SHE SHOULD HAVE LET US KNOW THAT SHE WAS GOING TO VISIT WITH OUR HEAD OF STATE.
/// END ACT ///
SENATOR MOSELEY-BRAUN SAYS HER TRIP TO NIGERIA DID NOT AMOUNT TO AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT. LAST WEEK THE STATE DEPARTMENT CONDEMNED HER VISIT, AND THE SENATOR THIS WEEK TOLD REPORTERS SHE WOULD NOT DISCUSS THE MATTER ANY FURTHER. (SIGNED)
NEB/ML/SP
28-Aug-96 10:52 PM EDT (0252 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:56:22 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: France / Immigrants Message-ID: <29AUG96.17214683.0189.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/29/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202381 TITLE=FRANCE / IMMIGRANTS (L ONLY) BYLINE=JULIAN NUNDY DATELINE=PARIS CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: TWO FLIGHTS ORDERED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOOK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM FRANCE TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND DEMONSTRATORS IN PARIS PROTESTED FRANCE'S TOUGHER APPROACH TO IMMIGRATION. JULIAN NUNDY REPORTS FROM PARIS.
TEXT: THE FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTRY SAID TWO FLIGHTS LEFT AN AIR FORCE BASE WEST OF PARIS CARRYING A TOTAL OF 88 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THREE OF THEM WERE MALIANS WHO WERE AMONG 220 AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS DETAINED A WEEK AGO WHEN POLICE EVACUATED THE PARIS CHURCH THAT REFUGEES HAD BEEN OCCUPYING FOR SEVEN WEEKS IN A CAMPAIGN FOR LEGAL RESIDENCE PAPERS.
LABOR UNIONS ARE CALLING ON THEIR MEMBERS WORKING FOR FRENCH AIRLINES NOT TO PREPARE CHARTER FLIGHTS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE IMMIGRANTS HOME. THE LATEST TWO REPATRIATION FLIGHTS USED A FRENCH AIR FORCE PLANE AND ONE CHARTERED FROM A DUTCH COMPANY. THEY TOOK IMMIGRANTS BACK TO MALI, SENEGAL, TUNISIA, AND ZAIRE.
ON WEDNESDAY, AN ESTIMATED 15-THOUSAND PEOPLE JOINED A PROTEST MARCH THROUGH PARIS AGAINST IMMIGRATION LAWS THAT OPPOSITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY ARE ARBITRARY AND RIGID. THERE WERE SOME VIOLENT INCIDENTS AT THE END OF THE DEMONSTRATION BETWEEN PROTESTORS AND POLICE, AND 15 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.
AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, TWO RECENT OPINION POLLS HAVE SHOWN THAT PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC'S POPULARITY IS RISING. AND POLLSTERS SAY MANY RESPONDENTS CITE THE GOVERNMENT'S TOUGHER APPROACH TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AS A POINT IN HIS FAVOR.
BUT THE JURIDICAL CONFUSION SURROUNDING THE CASES OF THOSE AFRICANS WHO OCCUPIED THE SAINT BERNARD CHURCH HAS DONE LITTLE TO ENHANCE THE AUTHORITIES' IMAGE. OF THE 220 DETAINED, ABOUT 64 HAVE BEEN FORMALLY ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER 49 HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY CAN STAY.
WITH THE LATEST DEPARTURES, SEVEN OF THE CHURCH PROTESTORS HAVE NOW BEEN SENT HOME. ANOTHER THREE ARE IN PRISON SERVING SHORT JAIL TERMS FOR OVERSTAYING THEIR EXPULSION ORDERS. FOUR MORE ARE IN DETENTION IN A CENTER RESERVED FOR IMMIGRANTS ON THE POINT OF EXPULSION.
THIS LEAVES MORE THAN 100 AT LIBERTY BUT STILL LIVING IN UNCERTAINTY, WITH NEITHER LEGAL PAPERS ENABLING THEM TO LIVE NORMALLY IN FRANCE NOR WITH ORDERS TO GO HOME. THE JUDGES EXAMINING THEIR CASES COMPLAIN THAT POLICE FILES ON THE IMMIGRANTS ARE OFTEN INCOMPLETE OR CONTRADICTORY, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RULE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. (SIGNED)
NEB/JWN/JWH/CF
29-Aug-96 10:32 AM EDT (1432 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 96 15:55:59 CDT From: <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: UD Platform . . . Message-ID: <199608291956.MAA07647@mx4.u.washington.edu>
Gambia-l:
I have a copy of the UDP platform, if anyone is interested. It is about 16 pages long and not on disc. Thus I have to fax it. I will try to put it on disc by tomorrow so I can post it.
Morro.
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 22:59:19 -0600 From: ndarboe@olemiss.edu To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Introduction of Brother Message-ID: <v01510100ae4c21bc1ee2@[130.74.64.43]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Abdou,
It is a pleasure to introduce to you my brother Dr. Momodou N. Darboe. He is a professor(sociology and criminology) at Shepherd College in West Virginia. I think it is quite a previledge for us to have another intellect on the list. I therefore recommend that you subscribe Dr. Darboe to the list. Thank you.
Numukunda Darboe
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 01:16:45 -0600 From: ndarboe@olemiss.edu To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Introduction of Brother Message-ID: <v01510101ae4c448b4c6a@[130.74.64.43]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Sorry, Dr. Darboe's address is mdarboe@SCVAX2.WVNET.EDU
>Abdou, > >It is a pleasure to introduce to you my brother Dr. Momodou N. Darboe. He >is a professor(sociology and criminology) at Shepherd College in West >Virginia. I think it is quite a previledge for us to have another intellect >on the list. I therefore recommend that you subscribe Dr. Darboe to the >list. >Thank you. > >Numukunda Darboe
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:32:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: UD Platform . . . Message-ID: <199608301432.KAA09982@aspen> Content-Type: text
Morro, I will need a copy when you manage to get it on disc. Thanks.
Malanding
> > > Gambia-l: > > I have a copy of the UDP platform, if anyone is interested. > It is about 16 pages long and not on disc. Thus I have to fax it. > I will try to put it on disc by tomorrow so I can post it. > > Morro. >
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:01:38 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <gambia-l@u.washington.edu> Subject: One Last Thing..... Message-ID: <30AUG96.15149583.0023.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
Beloved Brothers and Sisters: Before I go let me bid farewel to all members. Of course we will disagree, condemn, critisize and at times even tend to "hate" one another's contribution, but I believe we are all working for a common goal - a better Africa and for that matter a better Gambia. Regardless of what others might say about one's postings,whether for or against the AFPRC, one needs to have enough resistance not to respond with anger. I believe we will one day achieve a common goal if we keep up with the "hot" debate.Mafy and Famara Sanyang, keep posting your thoughts. Contrary to popular opinion, I personally agree with you both, and like both of you I am not a proponent of military junta but I do cherish them for overthrowing corrupt governments like Sir Dawda's. The AFPRC members are Gambians too, and if our Gambian interlectuals choose to make "fat" checks for themselves as oppose to going back to Gambia to help build a better Gambia for our kids, then I will cherish anyone who steps forward and advance even one step ahead. What good is our education when we only use it for self aggrandisement? Nelson Mandela Sacrificed 27 years of his life for black South Africans, and today the world is witnessing what many did not believe. If we truely believe that Jammeh is wrong and that God is with us (many claimed), then why not we go back and prove Jammeh wrong no matter what. If we hold the truth and he puts us in jail, then verily God will help us fulfill our dream in the long run. The West can only help solve a portion of our "infinite" problems, but Gambia's problems,left behind by Sir Dawda after 3 decades of selfish and inhuman leadership, can only be solved by Gambians residing in the Gambia.
GOD BLESS!!
PA-MAMBUNA.
ABDOU/TONY, PLEASE SIGN ME OFF AFTER 5.00PM TONITE.
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 14:37:29 CDT From: <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: THE UDP PLATFORM . . . Message-ID: <199608301837.LAA01855@mx4.u.washington.edu>
Gambia-l:
Here is the platform I promised. There are three problems with it. 1) My spell-checker has Americanized all the spellings; 2) As I attempted to cut and paste the document into the Net; some format distortions occured; 3) As I typed the document from a rather bad photocopy, I could not make out certain world e.g" the word "improst" that you will come across . . .; and 4) I did not have time to read over the document after typing it. There may be word additions or omissions . . . sorry guys.
Morro. _______________________________________________________________________________ THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Motto: JUSTICE PEACE AND PROGRESS
BANJUL - 23RD AUGUST, 1996
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1. NAME The name of the party shall be UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UDP).
2. MOTTO The motto of the party is: JUSTICE PEACE AND PROGRESS
3. PARTY FLAG:
The party shall have a distinctive flag comprising of a golden yellow background with the unity HANDSHAKE inscribed in the center.
4. EMBLEM: The emblem of the party shall be the UNITY HANDSHAKE.
5. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1. NATIONAL The national objective of the party shall be:- a) to strive relentlessly to maintain the independence and sovereignty of The Gambian Nation;
b) to enhance the socio-economic and cultural development of the nation in accordance with the principles of social justice and improve the standard of living of all sections of the community generally with special regard for the needs of women, children and other disadvantaged groups;
c) to establish and maintain a democratic Gambian state based on peace, social justice, respect for the rule of law and human rights, good governance and the values of honesty, integrity, probity, accountability and the authority and legitimacy of government based on the express mandate of the people;
d) to infuse in The Gambian people a sense of national unity and solidarity free of all tribal, religious, racial sectional and other unacceptable distinctions.
2) INTERNATIONAL: The International Objective of the party shall be:- b) to collaborate with other states, political movements and associations in Africa towards the integration and unification of the African continent;
c) to work towards the attainment of peace and justice in the world at large and in Africa in particular and to this end to collaborate with the Organization of African Unity, the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations and all other progressive international organizations.
1) MEMBERSHIP: There shall be two categories of membership i) individual members; and ii) affiliate members.
2) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP Any person who is of the age of 18 or above and who accepts the objectives, policies, programs and rules of the Party shall be eligible for membership provided that: a) he or she is not a member of any other political party or of any organization whose policy is inconsistent with that of the party; b) his or her membership is approved by the Central Committee of the Party.
Application for individual membership shall be made to a branch secretary as to acceptance or otherwise. It may also be made to the Constituency Committee. In exceptional circumstances application may be made to the Secretary General for consideration of the Central Committee. On enrollment every member hall be supplied with a membership card.
ADMISSION FEE Each individual member of the party shall be required to pay on the enrollment an admission fee to be determined from time to time by the Central Committee
MEMBERSHIP DUES: Each individual member of the party shall pay annual membership dues to his Branch, the amount of such dues to be determined by the Central Committee at any particular time.
2) AFFILIATED MEMBERS: This category of membership shall comprise organizations such as:- a) Kafolu; b) Farmers Organizations; c) Cooperative societies, unions, and associations; d) Youth and sports organizations; e) Trade unions; f) Cultural organizations; g) Womens organizations h) Other organizations approved by the central committee of the Party
1) All such organizations must accept the aims and objectives, policies and programs of the Party.
2) They must be in the opinion of the Central Committee bona fide democratic organizations.
3) An organization wishing to affiliate shall forward a resolution to effect duly passed by the organization and signed by its President and Secretary, to the Secretary General of the Party, who shall in turn bring it before the Central Committee of the Party for consideration.
4) Each organization upon being accepted for affiliation shall pay an Affiliation Fee to be determined from time to time by the Central Committee.
5) Affiliated organizations shall pay an annual fee to be determined from time to time by the Central Committee.
7. FUNDS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF THE PARTY: 1) The party may acquire, hold, manage and dispose of movable and immovable property.
2) The trustees of the Party shall have the authority to hold, to the benefit of the Party any movable and immovable property. 3) The power vested in the trustees under paragraph 2 shall include the power to manage, dispose or otherwise deal with such property on behalf of the Party. For the purpose of this article the Secretary General and Party Leader, Treasurer and Senior Administrative Secretary shall jointly be the trustees of the Party
4) The general funds of the Party shall be derived from proceeds of functions (dances, football matches etc.) voluntary subscriptions, appeals, donations, banquets, sale of party literature, badges, admission fees of individual members and affiliated organizations, membership dues and other lawful sources approved by the Party.
5) Except in the case of authorized improst accounts all funds shall be deposited in a Bank and application for withdrawals must be signed by the Secretary General and Party Leader or Treasurer and one other member of Party Secretariat in every case. 6) ORGANS OF THE PARTY: The organs of the party shall be: 1) The National Congress; 2) The Central Committee; 3) The Party Secretariat; 4) The Party National Assembly Committee; 5) The Regional Committee; 6) The Constituency Executive Committee; 7) The Branch Executive Committee; 8) The Party Womens Wing 9) The Party Youth Wing
7) THE NATIONAL CONGRESS: The National Congress shall be the supreme organ of the Party. THE COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS
The National Assembly shall comprise of:- i) such number or delegates as the Central Committee shall determine duly elected by each constituency, one quarter or whom shall represent the Womens Section and one quarter of whom shall represent the Youth ii) Section of their constituency; iii) such delegates duly elected each affiliated organization as the Central Committee shall determine.
1) ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE PARTY CONGRESS Qualification and disqualification of delegates: a) every delegate must be a bona fide member of the party; b) delegates must be bona fide members or officials of organizations electing them; c) no one person shall act as a delegate for more than one organization or constituency; d) no one person shall act as a delegate who has not paid his or her dues up to date or who has not paid the affiliation fees of his or her organization. 1) FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS The National Congress shall: a) lay down the broad policy and programs of the party; b) consider the reports and the audited accounts present by the Treasurer on behalf of the Central Committee; c) elect on the recommendation of the Central Committee the National Officers of the Party, such officers being: i) The Secretary General who shall be the Leader of the Party ii) Deputy Secretary General and Party Leader: iii) National President iv) the Party Treasurer v) Public Relations Officers vi) Campaign Manager
d) amend the Constitution when necessary;
e) deal with other matters affecting the Party and the country;
All decisions of the national Congress shall be binding on all members of the Party and Affiliated Organizations.
4) MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS
a) the Secretary General who shall be Chairman; b) all members of the Party Secretariat c) all national officers of the party; d) the Chairperson of each regional committee; e) the Chairperson of each constituency executive committee; f) five members elected by the National executive committee of the Party. g) youth movement and the party womens Wing respectively; h) ten members nominated by the Secretary General and approved by Party Secretariat.
All members of the Central Committee other than the Ex-officio members shall seterm of two years and shall be eligible for re-election or selection.
2 FUNCTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE a) to carry out policy and program of the party as laid down by the Party Congress. b) to supervise the administrative machinery of the Party at all levels-- national, regional and branch executivesand take to such measures as it deems necessary to implement decisions and the program of the party as laid down by the National Congress; c) to help organize, guide and supervise the work of regional, Contituencu and Branch committee of the party; d) to enforce the Constitution, Rules, Regulations, Standing Orders and Bye-laws of the Party, and to take any action it deems necessary for such purpose whether by way of disaffiliation of an affiliated organization, dissolution of or suspension of a branch of the party, or dismissal or suspension of a member of the party; d) in consultation with constituency selection committees, approved candidates forCentral and Local Elections;
e) to initiate and undertake all such activities as may further the aims and objectives of the Party.
1. MEETINGS
a) The Central Committee shall meet at least once every Two Months with a notice of at least one week. The Central Committee shall meet in extraordinary secession at the request of the Chairman or of at least One Third of its membership b) at ever meeting of the Central Committee the Secretary General shall submit a report on the state of the Party and may request all other organs, departments and Committees of the party to submit reports on their activities.
11. SECRETARIAT
1) COMPOSITION: There shall be a Secretariat of the Party comprising: a) all National Officers of the Party, the Secretary General and Party leaser as Chairman
b) Not more than eight (8) assistant Secretaries General nominated by the Secretary General and approved by the Central Committee; c) all other National officer of the party. d) coordinator of womens and youth affairs respectively. 1) FUNCTIONS: The Secretariat shall be responsible for the day to day administ or its decision for ratification, by the Central Committee.
2) SUB-COMMITTEES a) There shall be the following sub-committees of the Secretariat: i) Economic Affairs Committee; ii) National Education Policy Committee iii) Health and Social Policy Committee; iv) Political, Education and Communication Committee; v) Selection Committee for Presidential Candidates vi) Party organization Committee
b) The Secretariat may establish such sub-committee as it considers necessary for the proper administration of the party and for the realization of its objects. All sub-committees shall be answerable and shall report to the Secretariat. The Composition and rules of procedure of such sub-committees shall be laid down by the Secretariat
12 SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 1) The Selection Committee for the Presidential Candidate shall consist of: a) The National President as Chairman; b) all members of the Party Secretariat other than aspirants for the Presidency; c) five members chosen by the Constituency or ward Committee; d) two members from each Regional Committee. 1) All decisions of the Selection Committee shall be binding on all members. 2) All applications for selection as the party candidate in the presidential elections shall be submitted to and considered by the Central Committee for its approval. 13 AMALGAMATION OF CONSTITUENCIES INTO REGIONS 1) The Central Committee shall amalgamate such number of constituencies as may be convenient into Regions. 2) each region shall have a Regional Committee comprising: a) all the Central Committee members in the Region; b) all the party members of the national Assembly in the Region; c) the regional secretary/coordinator and Regional Campaign Manager who shall be appointed by the party Secretariat; d) two representative each from the Womens wing and Youth Wing of each constituency in the Region.
1) The Regional Committee shall elect from among its members a regional chairman, vice chairman and treasurer for a term of Two Years but who shall be re-election. 2) Regional Committee shall meet at least once every three months. It may be convened by the Regional Secretary chairman or one third of its membership. I may set up sub-committees and entrust them wit specific responsibilities. 3) The duties of the Regional Committees shall be: a) to help organize constituencies and branches in the towns and villages within the region and to coordinate their activities and work; b) to help carry out the policy and program of the party and instructions and directives received from the Secretariat. The Regional Committees shall have power to make recommendations to the Secretariat on matter of disaffiliation, dissolutions or expulsions of affiliated organizations branches and members of the party within the Region; c) to submit reports and statements accounts to the National Committee, as well as to the national Secretariat; d) to help manage control and guide the work of the party in local e) government affairs as well as the work in educational and cultural f) organization under the general supervision of the Secretariat; g) to undertake all such activities as may further the work of the parties in the region concerned.
14) CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1) Each constituency shall have a constituency executive committee comprising as follows: a) Chairman; c) Treasurer; d) Secretary; e) Campaign Manager/Information and Communications Officer; f) Four representatives of the Womens Wing in the Constituency; g) Four representatives of the Youth Wing in the Constituency; h) Four other committee members. 1) The members of the committee other than the representatives of the and womens wings shall be elected at an annual conference of the Constituency. The quorum for the meeting of the committee shall be nine, unless otherwise generally determined by the Secretariat. 2) Members of the Committee shall serve for a term of One (1) Year an shall be eligible for re-election.
4) FUNCTIONS OF CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Functions of the Constituency Executive Shall be: a) to carry out the policies and decisions of the Party within the Constituency; b) to receive and consider applications for Party membership, candidature and elections and make recommendations thereon and on matters of discipline to the appropriate party organ; c) to convene an annual conference of the constituency in which all party branches shall be entitled to participate. A conference may also be convened by one third of the branches in the Constituency; d) to organize the party in the constituency and supervise the setting up and functioning of party branches; e) to undertake all such activities in conformity with the party constitution, as may further the work of the party in the constituency.
15 PARTY BRANCHES 1) ORGANIZATION: a) The branch shall be the basic unit of the organization of the party. The Party shall establish branches in each town or village; b) each branch shall be governed by the Branch Executive Committee which shall be elected annual at a general meeting of the branch. The Branch may appoint full-time paid officer where funds permit; c) in town which have been divided into wards for Local Government elections, there shall be party branches in each ward;
d) all branches shall deal directly with their respective constituency committees and officers.
2) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: a) There shall be a branch executive Committee consisting of the following: i) Chairman; ii) Vice Chairman iii) Secretary iv) Treasurer v) Campaign Manager/Secretary vi) One Representative of the Womens Wing vii) One Representative of the Youth Wing viii) Two Executive Members a) The branch Committee shall meet at least once a month at the request of its Chairman or of four of its members.
2) DUTIES OF BRANCH EXECUTIVE: The duties of the Branch executive committee shall be: a) To carry out propaganda and organizational work among people in order to familiarize them with the principles and policies of the party as well as the partys position on national and international issues; b) to pay constant attention to the views and concerns of the people, and transmit the same to the Constituency Committee Secretary; c) to pay heed to the political, economic and cultural life of the people and to take the lead to organize the people in the locality in which the branch operates in order to solve their own problems by encouraging the spirit of initiative among the masses; d) to recruit new member and to collect party membership dues; e) to maintain, check and verify the record of the party membership and to report to the Secretariat any act of indiscipline and other conduct which might bring the party into dishonor and disrepute; f) to foster to the political and general education of party members particularly party cadres.
The Branch Executive Committee shall have no power to expel any member. In casindiscipline, the branch can suspend the members so concerned and report the maConstituency Committee for action.
4) BRANCH GENERAL MEETING: There shall be general meeting of each branch not less than once every three mo
16) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY 1) There shall be national assembly committee of the party. 2) The National Assembly Committee of the Party consist of:
All Party members in the National Assembly. 3) The National Assembly Committee shall be chaired by the Secretary General and Party Leader. 4) Where the Secretary General and the Party Leader is not a member of the National Assembly he may designate a member of the Party in the National ssembly to be leader in the National Assembly of all party members therein.
17 PARTY ADMINISTRATION POLITICAL BUREAU 1) The central administrative machinery of the Party shall be known as Political Bureau which shall have the following officers: a) Senior Administrative Secretary; b) Administrative Secretaries. These officers shall be appointed by the Secretary General on recommendation of the Secretariat. 2) The political Bureau shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Secretariat. 3) The Secretary General shall serve as a liaison between the bureau and central committee of the party. He shall be responsible to report to the Central Committee on the work and activities of the Bureau. 4) The chief function of the Political Bureau is transmit decisions of the Central Committee to the Regional Committees, constituency Executive Committees and to Party Branches and to perform any other duties connected with party administration. The Bureau shall maintain close contact with Branch Secretaries as well as the Constituency and Regional Secretaries.
18) WOMENS MOVEMENT Individual women members of the Party shall organize in the Womens sections. These sections may be organized on Branch bases. The National Executive Committee of Women shall be established to coordinate the activities of the women in the party. Leaders appointed to each Womens Branch shall be responsible for the coordination if the work amongst the women in the Branch.
The shall be no separate status of women in the party. A woman who becomes an individual member of the party becomes thereby a member of the Womens section of her Branch. Women may join the party through the womens section. Each party Branch shall have a womens section to cater for the special interest of women, but the womens section shall be part and parcel of the Branch. There shall be only one Executive Committee of each Branch including the Womens Section.
19) YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Youths of the Party shall be organized into a Youth Movement. The Secretariat shall appoint a member to serve on the Youth Movement Executive. Each Branch of the Party shall also appoint a member of the Branch to serve on the Branch Youth Movement Executive.
20) PARTY MANIFESTO: The Central Committee of the Party shall decide which items from the party program shall be included in the manifesto which shall be issued by the party prior to every national or Local Government Election.
21) QUORUM: The Quorum of every organ of the Party shall consist of one Third of the membership of that organ unless otherwise expressly provided.
Decisions at all meetings of party organs shall be arrived at by a simple majority of the members present, unless otherwise expressly provided.
22) AMENDMENT: 1) This constitution may be amended by the two-thirds majority of votes at any National Congress. 2) Proposals for the amendment of the constitution shall be submitted to the secretary general and party leader at least two months before the Congress for inclusion in the Agenda. Notice of such proposals shall be communicated in writing to all constituencies at least one month before the Congress.
Provided that in the case of an extraordinary Congress these time limits shall be dispensed with provided further that reasonable notice is given to both Secretary General and the Constituencies.
3) Proposals for the Amendment of the Constitution shall be made only by
23 TRANSITIONAL 1) Until such time that the partys National Organs are constituted in accordan with the Provisions of this Constitution, the members subscribing to the registration of the party in accordance with the Election Decree 1996, here an after referred to as the Foundation Members, shall be deemed to be a National Congress and shall elect from amongst themselves; i) The National Officers of the Party; ii) Such other number of members not exceeding Twelve (12) to serve as Party Secretariat members in addition to the National Officers; iii) A Central Committee not exceeding 100 members, including the members of the secretariat, having due regard in their election to the need for balance in membership.
1) The Central Committee elected under this provision shall be the Selection f first Presidential Elections following the registration of the Party.
2) The Party Secretariat together with such other members as it may co-opt sha the Selection Committee for the first selections to the National Assembly following the registration of the Party.
3) Not later than eighteen (18) months after the registration of the Party a NCongress shall be organized to reconstitute the Party organs in accordance with
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PS:
As you can see people, the document is rather messy due to the problems I outlined at the beginning of this posting.
Morro.
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 15:07:34 CDT From: <JDG.L.LANGE.LWCLK@CO.HENNEPIN.MN.US> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: One Last Thing..... Message-ID: <199608301907.MAA04365@mx4.u.washington.edu>
Pa Mambuna:
Let us assume that the AFPRC is the BEST government The Gambia ever had. While we're at it, let's also assume it is the BEST govt. in the whole wide world and the universe. Let's say aliens fly to earth purposely to consult with the AFPRC for its wonderful ways of governance . . .
Let's also say that a group of the wackiest, most raggedy, but well-armed bums, decide to forcibly remove the AFPRC from power . . . a blow to the Universe. What do you (Pa Mambuna) do then?
(What I am getting at is this: A society of men must be a society of laws. Change must occur according to a prescribed standard. Unless you you can successfuly argue that the prescribed procedure is irretrievably broken, inadequate or otherwise unsuitable, one must never entertain extra-legal measures---We dealt with this issue at length sometime ago.) While you're away, think about it. In the meantime, send Mr. Darboe some (perhaps $100-200).
Morro.
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:54:54 -0600 From: ndarboe@olemiss.edu To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Raising Funds For U.D.P. Message-ID: <v01510100ae4cfd23f1df@[130.74.64.43]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi guys, Firstly, I commend Morro Ceesay for his indefatigable efforts in providing us with up-to-date information on the U.P.D.. It takes only a dedicated person to do such work. Once again bravo!!!
Now that the Lift of the ban on political activities is fast approaching, It is imperative that the various local chapters of U.D.P. start collecting funds. Also, we need to be aware of the fact that is very little time between the lift and the election. Therefore all financial and moral support should be ready for the campaign as soon as possible. The Bank Account # for U.P.D.
The Bank Account # for U.P.D.
110-14395-01
Address of Bank
Meridien Biao Bank (Gambia) Ltd 314 Buckle Street P.O. Box 1018 Banjul, The Gambia
Numukunda
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:54:22 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <GAMBIA-L@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> Subject: ZIMBABWE STRIKE Message-ID: <30AUG96.17178798.0065.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/30/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-202426 TITLE=ZIMBABWE / STRIKE (L ONLY) BYLINE=LAWRENCE BARTLETT DATELINE=HARARE CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN ZIMBABWE, A STRIKE BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS CONTINUED FRIDAY ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT HAS OFFERED A 20 PERCENT PAY INCREASE. LAWRENCE BARTLETT REPORTS FROM HARARE.
TEXT: // ACT - STRIKERS SINGING //
SEVERAL THOUSAND STRIKERS SANG ANTI-GOVERNMENT SONGS WHILE MARCHING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CAPITAL, HARARE, AS THEY HAVE EACH DAY SINCE THE STRIKE BEGAN EARLY LAST WEEK.
UNION LEADERS SAID THEY WOULD REFUSE TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT PROMISED PAY INCREASES ABOVE THE 20 PERCENT IT HAS OFFERED, AND REINSTATED ALL WORKERS SACKED FOR GOING ON STRIKE.
THE ACTION BY THE STRIKERS AMONG THE COUNTRY'S 165-THOUSAND CIVIL SERVANTS,HAS BROUGHT MANY GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO A COMPLETE HALT. AND IT IS TURNING INTO A MAJOR TEST FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE.
THE GOVERNMENT INITIALLY TOOK A HARD LINE, ANNOUNCING THAT ALL THE STRIKERS WERE FIRED. MR. MUGABE HIMSELF -- WHO RECEIVED A PAY INCREASE OF MORE THAN 100 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR -- THREATENED TO USE THE STRIKE TO CUT THE NUMBER OF CIVIL SERVICE JOBS.
BUT ON WEDNESDAY, AS BODIES PILED UP IN UNATTENDED MORTUARIES AND THE ARMY WAS CALLED IN TO HELP RUN HOSPITALS, THE GOVERNMENT APPEARED TO BACK DOWN. IT OFFERED A 20 PERCENT PAY RISE, BACKDATED TO JULY FIRST, ON TOP OF COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS OF SIX PERCENT.
THE WORKERS SAY THIS IS NOT ENOUGH, WITH JUNIOR TO MIDDLE GRADE EMPLOYEES RECEIVING BETWEEN JUST 100 AND 500 U-S DOLLARS A MONTH. A RECENT JOB EVALUATION EXERCISE SHOWED THAT THEIR SALARIES LAGGED BEHIND THOSE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BY 172 PERCENT. (SIGNED)
NEB/LB/JWH/CF
30-Aug-96 7:53 AM EDT (1153 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:54:47 EDT From: "BOJANG,MAMBUNA" <MBOJANG@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU> To: <GAMBIA-L@U.WASHINGTON.EDU> Subject: GAMBIA POLITICS Message-ID: <30AUG96.17186197.0065.MUSIC@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>
DATE=8/30/96 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-34222 TITLE=GAMBIA POLITICS BYLINE=PURNELL MURDOCK DATELINE=ABIDJAN CONTENT= VOICED AT:
INTRO: REGISTRATION CLOSED TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR POLITICAL PARTIES THAT WANT TO COMPETE IN GAMBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NEXT MONTH. V-O-A WEST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH GAMBIA'S RETURN TO CIVILIAN RULE IS CONTINUING AS SCHEDULED, THERE ARE CONCERNS THE PROCESS MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY FREE AND FAIR.
TEXT: FOLLOWING THE END OF A TWO-YEAR BAN ON POLITICAL PARTIES, GAMBIA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT GAVE POLITICAL GROUPS TWO WEEKS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION. THE NATION'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION WILL ANNOUNCE THE REGISTERED PARTIES ON MONDAY.
THIS PAST WEEK, GAMBIA'S MILITARY LEADER YAHYA JAMMEH ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF HIS NEW PARTY, THE ALLIANCE FOR PATRIOTIC RE-ORIENTATION AND CONSTRUCTION. UNTIL RECENTLY, CAPTAIN JAMMEH, WHO OUSTED THE FORMER CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT IN A BLOODLESS COUP, SAID HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS OR IN BEING PRESIDENT. BUT HE NOW SAYS HE WAS PERSUADED TO ENTER THE POLITICAL RACE TO CONTINUE THE WORK HIS MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAD STARTED.
SO FAR, THREE PARTIES HAVE ANNOUNCED CANDIDATES TO OPPOSE CAPTAIN JAMMEH IN THE SEPTEMBER 26TH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BUT THREE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN GAMBIA HAVE BEEN BARRED FROM COMPETING IN THE ELECTION, RAISING CONCERN THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR AN EASY VICTORY FOR CAPTAIN JAMMEH.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, GAMBIAN VOTERS APPROVED A CONSTITUTION THAT SOME CRITICS SAY INCLUDES PROVISIONS THREATENING HUMAN RIGHTS. THE CONSTITUTION SETS AGE LIMITS ON THE PRESIDENCY THAT SOME SAY WERE WRITTEN TO EXCLUDE POLITICAL LEADERS, SUCH AS OUSTED PRESIDENT DAWDA JAWARA, AND TO ALLOW CAPTAIN JAMMEH TO QUALIFY FOR THE HIGH OFFICE. IT ALSO BANS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OUSTED FOR CORRUPTION FROM RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND ADDS PROVISIONS ALLOWING A CANDIDATE TO BE ELECTED UNOPPOSED.
SHORTLY AFTER THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED, CAPTAIN JAMMEH BANNED THE COUNTRY'S MAIN POLITICAL LEADERS FROM CONTESTING IN THE ELECTION, CLEARING THE WAY FOR HIM TO RUN VIRTUALLY UNOPPOSED.
THE GAMBIAN LEADER FIRST SET THE ELECTION DATE FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER. BUT HE RE-SCHEDULED THE POLL FOR SEPTEMBER 26TH AFTER ELECTION OFFICIALS COMPLAINED THAT CAPTAIN JAMMEH HAD NOT GIVEN THEM AND POLITICAL PARTIES ADEQUATE TIME TO PREPARE.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF FORMER BRITISH COLONIES SAYS THE RULES ESTABLISHED FOR THE ELECTION ARE FLAWED AND WOULD ALLOW MILITARY LEADERS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR HOLD ON POWER.
SOME OBSERVERS SAY THERE ARE DISTURBING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN EVENTS IN GAMBIA AND THE CONTENTIOUS ELECTIONS IN NEIGHBORING NIGER, WON BY ANOTHER MILITARY LEADER WHO DECIDED TO BECOME A CIVILIAN RULER FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY.
OBSERVERS SAY THE ELECTIONS IN NIGER WERE MARRED BY CONFUSION RESULTING FROM HASTY AND INADEQUATE PREPARATION AND BY CHARGES OF FRAUD. DURING THE TWO-DAY VOTE, NIGER'S MILITARY LEADER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, IBRAHIM MAINASSARA, DISSOLVED THE COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND SET UP A NEW ONE TO COUNT THE VOTES. DESPITE CRITICISM OF THE ELECTION BY INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, THE NATION'S SUPREME COURT, WHOSE JUDGES WERE APPOINTED BY GENERAL MAINASSARA, RATIFIED THE RESULTS. (SIGNED)
NEB/WPM/JWH/CF
30-Aug-96 12:35 PM EDT (1635 UTC) NNNN
Source: Voice of America ..
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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 00:18:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: One Last Thing..... Message-ID: <199608310418.AAA10398@aspen> Content-Type: text
> > Beloved Brothers and Sisters: > Before I go let me bid farewel to all members. Of course we will > disagree, condemn, critisize and at times even tend to "hate" one > another's contribution, but I believe we are all working for a common > goal - a better Africa and for that matter a better Gambia. Regardless > of what others might say about one's postings,whether for or against the > AFPRC, one needs to have enough resistance not to respond with anger. I > believe we will one day achieve a common goal if we keep up with the > "hot" debate.Mafy and Famara Sanyang, keep posting your thoughts. > Contrary to popular opinion, I personally agree with you both, and like > both of you I am not a proponent of military junta but I do cherish them > for overthrowing corrupt governments like Sir Dawda's. The AFPRC members > are Gambians too, and if our Gambian interlectuals choose to make "fat" > checks for themselves as oppose to going back to Gambia to help build > a better Gambia for our kids, then I will cherish anyone who steps > forward and advance even one step ahead. What good is our education > when we only use it for self aggrandisement? Nelson Mandela Sacrificed > 27 years of his life for black South Africans, and today the world is > witnessing what many did not believe. If we truely believe that Jammeh > is wrong and that God is with us (many claimed), then why not we go back > and prove Jammeh wrong no matter what. If we hold the truth and he puts > us in jail, then verily God will help us fulfill our dream in the long > run. The West can only help solve a portion of our "infinite" problems, > but Gambia's problems,left behind by Sir Dawda after 3 decades of > selfish and inhuman leadership, can only be solved by Gambians residing > in the Gambia. > > GOD BLESS!! > > PA-MAMBUNA. > > > ABDOU/TONY, PLEASE SIGN ME OFF AFTER 5.00PM TONITE. > > > Pa-Mambuna, I think it is rather unfortunate that you will not be online to receive reactions to your posting.
I would take this opportunity to remind colleagues that as a matter of netiquette we try and exercise restraint when putting forward arguements especially when we would not be able to receive responses from the membership.
Have a nice weekend.
malanding > > > > > > >
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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 16:30:13 JST +900 From: binta@iuj.ac.jp To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: One Last Thing..... Message-ID: <199608310723.QAA18541@mlsv.iuj.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Malanding,
Mambuna's last posting is rather neutral and you therefore do not need to direct your response at/to him. If you have any contrary views to his, please share it with us.
Mambuna,
Whether you receive this piece or not, I wish to say that you were a prolific contributor to Gambia-l. Your news postings were quite informative, your personal analysis of the Gambian scenario thoughtful, provocative, highly balanced, and very well articulated.
Peace be with you untill you join us again. Best wishes in your drive for graduate studies.
Lamin Drammeh(Japan).
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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 16:35:41 JST +900 From: binta@iuj.ac.jp To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: THE UDP PLATFORM or what?. . . Message-ID: <199608310729.QAA18570@mlsv.iuj.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Gambia-l,
I have noticed a lop-sided attribute to the UDP issue. By this I mean it is the same people almost always writing about UDP. If some of us have other opinions/options, let us continue the discussion. I mean, if we think some other party deserves our notice and contribution, let us share the ideas.
Good day!
Lamin Drammeh(jp)
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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:13:02 -0400 (EDT) From: ABDOU <at137@columbia.edu> To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: New Member (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.960831195258.24309B-100000@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Hi, The following was rejected by the list server.
Received: from emout12.mail.aol.com (emout12.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.38]) by mx4.u.washington.edu (8.7.5+UW96.08/8.7.3+UW96.08) with SMTP id WAA10677 for <GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu>; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:01:53 -0700 From: ABALM@aol.com Received: by emout12.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA18086 for GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 01:01:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 01:01:52 -0400 Message-Id: <960831010150_513378909@emout12.mail.aol.com> To: GAMBIA-L-owner@u.washington.edu Subject: New Member
Dear Gambia - 1
My name is ABBA SANNEH from Brikama and i would like to introduce myself as a new Member to Gambia - 1. Since i've been a member i have enjoyed reading all the mail.I've been following the news about the " so-called " election and i would really like to tell you my opinion about YaYa Jammeh : I wish all the parties would boycott the voting and insist on having a fair election with due process. I personally dont like YaYa !
Thanks ABBA
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