|
Momodou
Denmark
11513 Posts |
 Posted - 19 Jun 2021 : 13:36:34
|
GAMBIA-L Digest 49
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Not So Separate: Ebonics, Language of Richard Nixon (fwd)
by saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy)
2) PRINCE CAHRLES URGES 'MATERIALISTIC' WEST TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM ISLAM
by TSaidy1050@aol.com
3) JANUARY 2 1997 ELECTIONS
by TSaidy1050@aol.com
4) Re: JANUARY 2 1997 ELECTIONS
by binta@iuj.ac.jp
5) NEWS ABOUT THE GAMBIA
by TSaidy1050@aol.com
6) Happy new Year!!!
by mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow)
7) Gambia chooses new parliament on Thursday (fwd)
by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
8) New year greetings.
by ABALM@aol.com
9) PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S NEW YEAR MASSAGE
by TSaidy1050@aol.com
10) Young ex-soldier expected to win Gambia election (fwd)
by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
11) Introduction
by Chris Foxwell <foxwell@globalxs.nl>
12) AFRICA-POLITICS: Civil Society Grows Stronger And Stronger
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
13) Re: PRINCE CAHRLES URGES 'MATERIALISTIC' WEST TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM ISLAM
by Alieu Jawara <umjawara@cc.UManitoba.CA>
14) Reuters Africa Highlights / [Jan 2] (fwd)
by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
15) New Member
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
16) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS RESULTS
by TSaidy1050@aol.com
17) FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by TSaidy1050@aol.com
18) Gambian president's party wins parliamentary poll (fwd)
by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
19) Gambia returns to civilian rule under ex-soldier (fwd)
by "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
20) Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
21) Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by MJagana@aol.com
22) Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by "Peter K.A. da Costa" <ipspdc@harare.iafrica.com>
23) Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
24) New Member
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
25) New Member
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
26) new member
by ABALM@aol.com
27) New Member
by momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
28) Re: New Members
by "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu>
29) Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA>
30) Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
by "Famara A. Sanyang" <famaraas@amadeus.cmi.no>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 16:29:39 -0800 (PST)
From: saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca (Madiba Saidy)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Not So Separate: Ebonics, Language of Richard Nixon (fwd)
Message-ID: <9612300029.AA13078@leed.chem.ubc.ca>
Content-Type: text
December 29, 1996
Not So Separate: Ebonics, Language of Richard
Nixon
By KAREN DE WITT
[W] ASHINGTON -- In local television studios and
at dinner tables all across America last week,
everyone had an opinion about the Oakland Board of
Education's resolution requiring its teachers to
appreciate and understand black English. But most
Americans, black, white or other, don't have to
learn to appreciate black English. They already
use it.
Whether it is a separate language (linguists
disagree on this), slang or just non-standard
speech, the cadences, phrasing and structure of
English as spoken by many black Americans has so
worked its way into the mainstream as to become an
invisible thread in the linguistic tapestry.
Uptight. Outta sight. Aaahh, right. Groovin'
Jivin' Slippin' Slidin'. I'm baaad. Dissin'.
Wannabe. Crib. Shades. You, go girl. My man.
While the Oakland resolution is meant to recognize
the separateness and difference of black English,
its integration into the national tongue can also
be seen as a vindication of the melting-pot
theory.
From Madison Avenue's appropriation of rap rhythms
and words to sell breakfast cereal to Richard
Nixon's use of "right on" -- and, of course, to
the players and fans at just about any sporting
event -- Americans of all varieties spice up their
English with the argot of black America.
"It's esthetically appealing," said Albert Murray,
the jazz critic and novelist. "Black English has
appealed to people from the earliest days of
America, from minstrels to jazz. Whether they
laughed at it or imitated it, they used it and
were changed by it."
Even that quintessential Americanism "OK" turns
out to be a direct descendant of the West African
word "wakey," according to Robert MacNeil in the
1986 PBS series "The Story of English."
For that matter, the whole of standard English is
a gumbo rich in words of African ancestry,
including gumbo itself; there is goober and banjo,
voodoo and jubilee, jambalaya, bubba, lanky, cola,
banana, chigger, mumbo jumbo, jazz, juke, mojo and
zombie.
From such African-rooted words to the hip-hop talk
of today's central cities (and, increasingly,
their white suburbs), black speech and phrasing
have had a growing presence in American society as
more and more blacks have been integrated into the
general culture. Phrases and words once limited to
a segregated section of town or a semi-isolated
region now can be heard coast to coast.
"Whazzup?" screams Martin Lawrence of "Martin,"
the Fox Network television show, and every
American of whatever ilk or color in every living
room across the country has no more difficulty
translating that than the "What's up, Doc?" of his
cotton-tailed precursor, Bugs Bunny.
Then there are words of mixed, or uncertain,
ancestry. "Yo" might have started out white and
Philadelphian (call it the "Rocky" theory), but
now it's a rappers' word. So is "bogart," the verb
meaning roughly -- to blacks, though not to '60s
potheads -- to tough one's way through a
situation, the way Humphrey Bogart would.
The language of black America bubbles up from the
streets, percolates through its music, infiltrates
the entertainment industry and spills out into the
language of all Americans.
"The wider society picks and chooses the words
that blacks use that resonate with its
experience," said Dr. Elijah Anderson, Day
Professor of Social Science at the University of
Pennsylvania. "It is taken from a particular
experience and made into something general. It is
part of the assimilation process. You see
Vietnamese kids and white kids in Boston not only
wearing the baggy pants but using the same
language as inner-city black kids."
Most particularly, it has found its way into the
songs we sing and the way we sing them.
The late Johnny Mercer's "Blues in the Night"
draws its structure ("My momma done told me ....")
from the Gullah language of his Savannah
childhood. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the
consummate rock 'n' roll lyricists (and both
white), credited the inspiration for their songs
to the sounds of blackness that both fell in love
with when they were teen-agers. Stoller went to an
integrated summer camp; Leiber worked as a
delivery boy in the black neighborhoods of
Baltimore.
"We wrote black songs for black people," Leiber
said in an interview in The New York Times last
year. They wrote "Hound Dog" not for Elvis
Presley, who made it famous, but for Willie May
(Big Mama) Thornton, the black rhythm and blues
singer. In the process, a song about a woman who
is throwing out a faithless lover became an anthem
of rebellion for 1950s youth, most of them white
as Elvis.
"The vocabulary of rock 'n' roll comes directly
out of the idiom of black speech, " said Mahmoud
El-Kati, professor of history at Macalester
College in St. Paul, Minn.
There is a darker side to the sociology of this
appropriation, said Dr. El-Kati, that has to do
with power and the ability to wield it. "In a
sense, black English is elevated when its
incorporated into the wider culture," he said.
"But when it comes out of black people's mouths it
is associated with degradation or stupidity."
Perhaps that has always been part of the
transition from separatism to integration. As H.L.
Mencken pointed out in his multi-volume treatise
"The American Language," American English has
always appropriated bits of language and phrases
from the various peoples who make up America.
And, as he put it, the vulgar, or common, language
of the people is always used most vigorously.
Copyright 1996 The New York Times Company
----------------------------------------------------------
--
********************************************************************
** Madiba Saidy **
** Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory **
** University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA. **
** Tel :- (604) 822-4540 (Lab.) Fax :- (604) 822-2847 (lab.) **
** (604) 228-2466 (home) (604) 228-2466 (home) **
** Email :- saidy@leed.chem.ubc.ca / msaidy@unixg.ubc.ca **
********************************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 05:16:02 -0500
From: TSaidy1050@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: PRINCE CAHRLES URGES 'MATERIALISTIC' WEST TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM ISLAM
Message-ID: <961230051601_910085255@emout19.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
Below is an article published in THE GUARDIAN in London on Saturday December
14, 1996, which some list members might find very interesting.
Tombong.
Prince Charles urges ‘materialistic’ West to seek guidance from Islam
The Prince of Wales last night made a renewed attack on materialism and
called on the West to look to Islam for a better way for man to live in
harmony with his environment.
In a speech which brought together themes he has been expounding for 10
years, the Prince, a practising Anglican, praised traditional Islamic culture
and called for a renewed "sense of the sacred".
Speaking at a private meeting of 70 academics, religious leaders and
businessmen at Wilton Park, Sussex, he said he believed Islam had an
important message.
"I feel that we in the West could be helped to rediscover the roots of our
own understanding by an appreciation of the Islamic tradition’s respect for
the natural order".
"In my view a moral holistic approach is needed now. Modern materialism, in
my humble opinion, is unbalanced and increasingly damaging in its long-term
consequences".
"Science has tried to assume a monopoly, even a tyranny, over our
understanding. We are only now beginning to gauge the results of this
disastrous outlook".
He blamed the "sombre and horrifying" consequences of separating science from
ethical, moral, and sacred considerations for the outbreak of BSE, the
disease transmitted from cows to human.
The Prince first expressed his sympathies with Islam in a speech at Oxford in
1993, but yesterday’s address was his strongest statement on the relationship
between East and West.
He takes regular advice on Islamic issues from a group of 12 religious
leaders and academics.
The Prince said he believed there should be more Muslim teachers in schools.
"There are many ways in which mutual understanding and appreciation can be
built. We need to be taught by Islamic teachers how to learn with our hearts,
as well as our heads".
Health, architecture, and the environment would also benefit, he said.
"Hospitals need to be conceived and, above all, designed to reflect the
wholeness of healing if they are to help the process of recovery in a
complete way"
Farhan Nizami, director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, said: "It
is a plea that must and should be welcomed equally by Muslims as well as by
Westerners".
Last night in Neasden in north-west London, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
George Carey, paid his first visit to the largest Hindu temple outside of
India.
Dr. Carey, who has visited mosques, synagogues, temples, and shrines over the
years, was greeted by the chief priest, Atma Swarup Swami, when he arrived
with his wife and the Bishop of Willesden.
Hundreds of worshippers in the temple’s great hall applauded the archbishop
as he entered, preceded by children in brightly-coloured traditional
costumes, some carrying symbolic swords.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 10:04:40 -0500
From: TSaidy1050@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: JANUARY 2 1997 ELECTIONS
Message-ID: <961230100440_1457853411@emout12.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
The traffic on the list has dropped drastically, it seems that it is due to
the holidays and the fact that the most active members are all in Banjul
partying. I am sure they will report back to us their observations while in
The Gambia.
Monitoring things from London, all indications are the APRC will win by a
landslide. The opposition will win a maximum of 10 seats, and this is a very
conservative ‘gestimate.' The APRC is already ahead by six candidates,
because they are unopposed. I am sure this coming National Assembly Election
will testify to the fact that the APRC is the party of the day in The Gambia
today.
There are 108 candidates fighting for 45 seats, and APRC already have 6 of
them. The race is actually for 39 seats. This is my prediction: NRP might win
one seat at Lower Saloum(their only chance), where the party leader, Hamat
Bah, is contesting. He was my classmate at Kaur, and he could win Lower
Saloum. UDP could have a maximum of 5 seats and nothing more. They could win
in Bakau, Central Baddibu, Lower Baddibu, Jarra East and Kiang West. Bakau is
50/50, Dembo ‘by force’ could lose his seat for the first time. PDOIS will
not win any seat and none of the independent candidates will win. I will be
providing you the results as they are announced.
All parties are enjoying equal access to the media both the television and
radio.
Peace
Tombong Saidy
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 01:52:30 JST +900
From: binta@iuj.ac.jp
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: JANUARY 2 1997 ELECTIONS
Message-ID: <199612301648.BAA20486@mlsv.iuj.ac.jp>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Gambia-l,
It is hearty to learn from Tombong that all political parties,
irrespective of shade or ideology, are having equal access to the
government-controlled media.
Wishes of a memorable and prosperous 1997 to all of us!
Lamin Drammeh.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 06:40:03 -0500
From: TSaidy1050@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: NEWS ABOUT THE GAMBIA
Message-ID: <961231064001_2054020326@emout02.mail.aol.com>
31Dec96 TAIWAN: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER TO VISIT AFRICAN NATIONS IN JANUARY.
Taipei (CENS)-The Republic of China will send Minister of Foreign Affairs
John Chang to Africa next month to secure ties with its diplomatic allies
while trying to form the highest possible relations with South Africa, which
plans to switch official recognition to Beijing.
"At the invitation of our African diplomatic allies, Foreign Minister John
Chang will leave for South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Burkina Faso,
Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and Senegal on January 12 for a visit," Foreign
Ministry spokesman Peter Cheng said.
Chang will continue to negotiate with high-ranking South African officials on
future ties between Taipei and Pretoria, Cheng said.
In late November South African President Nelson Mandela announced his
decision to cut formal relations with Taiwan and establish diplomatic ties
with Beijing, a long-time rival of Taiwan.
Taiwan almost immediately sent Chang to South Africa on a damage-control
trip, but that effort was in vain so Taiwan retaliated by recalling its
ambassador, suspending most of its aid and economic programs for South Africa
and canceling 80% of its existing agreements with Pretoria.
In the January negotiations, Taiwan hopes that it will be able to establish
the highest possible relations with South Africa-a representative office that
can issue visas and enjoy diplomatic immunity-if the two cannot remain
diplomatic allies, ministry officials said.
Cheng said Chang will also meet other African leaders after his Pretoria trip
to exchange views on issues of mutual concern and to further strengthen
friendly ties with those nations.
The Foreign Minister will also inspect ROC embassies and aid groups in these
nations, Cheng said.
Taiwan has offered both economic aid and other technical aid to poor African
nations, but authorities here have declined to release the figures on its aid
amount to these countries.
Beijing has criticized Taiwan's aid for its 30 diplomatic allies as an
attempt to use money to win foreign relations. Taiwan has fired back,
claiming mainland China is doing the same thing as evidenced by its use of
money to woo away South Africa. (LH).
EAST ASIA
CHINA ECONOMIC NEWS SERVICE 31/12/96
30Dec96
TAIWAN: TAIWAN ENVOY TO EMBARK ON SEVEN-NATION AFRICA TOUR. [REUTR] (2907)
30Dec96 TAIWAN: TAIWAN ENVOY TO EMBARK ON SEVEN-NATION AFRICA TOUR.
TAIPEI, Dec 30 (Reuter) - Taiwan's top envoy will visit seven African nations
in January in a latest damage-control mission following South Africa's plan
to switch ties to Beijing from Taipei, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Foreign Minister John Chang was scheduled to leave Taipei for its African
allies -- South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau,
Gambia and Senegal -- on January 12, a ministry statement said.
"Minister Chang will continue discussions with ranking South African
officials on new relations between the two countries in the future," it said.
Chang would also exchange views of mutual concerns with officials of six
other African allies in order to "strengthen friendly ties", it said.
Chang was expected back in Taipei on February 2.
Chang is currently visiting Guatemala for the signing of a peace pact between
the Guatemalan government and leftist rebels.
Earlier this month, Chang visited South Africa, where he sought in vain to
reverse Pretoria's November 27 decision to switch diplomatic recognition to
Beijing from Taipei by the end of 1997.
South Africa is the biggest of the 30 countries -- mostly underdeveloped
states in Central America and Africa -- that recognise Taiwan's Republic of
China government rather than the communist People's Republic of China on the
mainland.
Communist China, Taiwan's arch rival since a civil war split them in 1949,
regards the island as a rebel province ineligible for foreign ties. It has
tightened a diplomatic squeeze on Taipei in its quest to bring Taiwan under
mainland rule.
Analysts have warned of a possible "domino effect" following South Africa's
decision.
To evade China's diplomatic embargo, Taiwan officials have been engaging in
"secret diplomacy" -- unannounced visits to countries that recognise Beijing
instead of Taipei.
Chang and Vice-President Lien Chan have between them visited Ukraine,
Singapore, Malaysia, and Belgium over the past year in similar trips veiled
in secrecy.
Chang dropped out of sight in December and surfaced in the United Arab
Emirates and Jordan where he met senior government officials to promote
unofficial relations.
Beijing refuses ties to any country that recognises Taiwan, but has stepped
up efforts to win over South Africa and the 29 other states that still do.
(c) Reuters Limited 1996
29Dec96 GAMBIA: GAMBIA CHOOSES NEW PARLIAMENT ON THURSDAY.
By Pap Saine
BANJUL, Dec 29 (Reuter) - Voters in the tiny West African tourist haven of
Gambia choose a new parliament on Thursday in elections expected to
consolidate former military leader Yahya Jammeh's transition from coup leader
to elected president.
Supporters of Jammeh, who seized power in July 1994 and was elected president
last September, are already assured of six of the new parliament's 45 elected
seats as no rival candidate is standing against them there.
The president nominates a further four legislators.
The opposition denounced Jammeh's September election victory, accusing him of
monopolising state media during the campaign, but all parties have enjoyed
access to the state media during the parliamentary campaign, which ends on
Tuesday.
Jammeh's main presidential rival, lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has since called
for his resignation, accusing him of transferring $24.7 million illegally to
a Swiss bank account.
"I am a trained lawyer, I can substantiate before any court of law any
allegations I make against somebody, especially a head of state," the United
Democratic Party (UDP) leader told supporters on the campaign trail.
"Vote my MPs, they will rescue the nation," he added.
Darboe, who is not standing for parliament himself, took refuge in Senegal's
embassy for several days during and after the presidential poll saying he
feared for his safety.
Jammeh, 31, who toppled civilian president and independence leader Sir Dawda
Jawara accusing him of corruption, brushed aside Darboe's accusation.
"This is not true, otherwise the country would have been bankrupt," he told a
rally of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC)
formed by his supporters.
"If the APRC candidates are elected, I will keep the promise to carry out the
development projects," he told voters.
Gambia, a poor, mainly Moslem ex-British colony fronting the Atlantic Ocean
and surrounded by francophone Senegal, depends on tourism, groundnuts and
foreign aid to make ends meet.
Jammeh's 1994 coup estranged Western donors, some of whom advised their
nationals against visiting on security grounds -- hitting the tourist
industry hard. Jammeh has since developed ties with Libya, Taiwan and Cuba.
Over 100 candidates are contesting the election with only the APRC standing
for all 45 seats. The UDP will contest 34.
More than 446,000 of Gambia's just over one million people are registered to
vote.
Under Jawara, parliament had 36 elected members and eight nominated members.
(c) Reuters Limited 1996
REUTER NEWS SERVICE
27Dec96 WEST AFRICA: OTAL PREDICTS CALM AFTER A STORMY YEAR.
By David Osler
Carrier suggests that region's formerly unsettled market shows signs of
stabilising.
OT Africa Lines believes calm has returned to the Gambia, Liberia and Sierra
Leone, although the company remains "cautious" about these markets
Over the last 12 months, the region has witnessed four major coups or coup
attempts. And the were widespread arrests of dissidents in Cote d'Ivoire and
Nigeria.
Nigeria also introduced tighter preshipment inspection requirements, and
modified customs procedures and documentation, which Otal notes in its latest
review, "caused most importers and exporters serious difficulty and
confusion" which is likely to stretch into the coming year.
Many francophone states notched up marked economic advances in 1996. Some
West African countries recorded their highest GDP growth rates in a decade.
These included Ghana, 6.9%; Togo, 6.7%; Cote d'Ivoire, 6.6%; and Burkina Faso
amd Mali, 6%.
The trend was attributed to reduced government expenditure and devaluation of
the CFA Franc, which boosted international competitiveness and thus export
revenues.
In particular, according to Otal, West Africa gained from an increased rate
of minerals exploitation and greater competitiveness of agricultural products
on world markets.
The legacy of empire has ensured that Europe remains the region's number one
trading partner, but the recent trend towards sourcing more imports from the
Far East is continuing.
Liberalisation of maritime trade in Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal has proved a
major spur for shipping.
Otal research shows that estimated vessel calls for 1994, 1995 and 1996 in
Abidjan were 1,711, 1,777 and 2,681 respectively. The figures for Dakar for
the same years were 968, 1,155 and 1,309.
Since liberalisation, vessel calls in these ports rose by 160% and 135%
respectively. Meanwhile, rates dropped at least 16% southbound, and even more
northbound, depending on the commodity carried.
Otal, which this year celebrates its 21st birthday and its 500th voyage to
West Africa, considers these developments an argument against protectionism,
and justification for the free market policies persued by the World Bank, the
EU and the US in the region.
The line purchased two additional multipurpose ro-ros in 1996, bringing its
ro-ro fleet to four. Otal said the move enabled it to provide greater
flexibility and work to a 10-day frequency.
Meanwhile, two containerships operate on an 18-day frequency, serving African
cities which cannot handle large ro-ros, and augmenting capacity at major
ports such as Abidjan and Tema.
Container fleet renewal has brought the average age of Otal's boxes to a
relatively young three and-a-half years.
Terminal handling equipment has also been updated.
Additional calls have been added at San Pedro, the second port of Cote
d'Ivoire, primarily handling cocoa and other agricultural commodities.
Turning to 1997, Otal predicts new entrants to the trade, particularly from
lines seeking solace from other more saturated lanes.
However, the relatively few remaining African lines are not expected not
prosper, as growth in volumes will not be enough to offset increased
capacity.
Nigeria, the region's major economy, "will continue to give cause for concern
but also room for opportunity, if only this rich and resourceful country's
potential can be harnessed properly".
Sustained high oil prices could give Nigeria a windfall, worth up to $1bn
compared to 1996 budget projections, says the company.
But Otal doubts whether the money will be used wisely.
There is an urgent need for investment in infastructure.
In Ghana, the newly re-elected president Jerry Rawlings will have his work
cut out keeping the economy, which has been singled out by the World Bank as
a star performer, on course.
And Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal stand to reap the benefits of recent
liberalisation.
In addition, there will be pressure on Cameroon to follow their example.
(c) of Lloyd's of London Press Limited 1996.
INSURANCE/INVESTMENT
LLOYD'S LIST 27/12/96
PEACE
TOMBONG
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:34:05 -0500 (EST)
From: mjallow@st6000.sct.edu (Modou Jallow)
To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Happy new Year!!!
Message-ID: <9612311634.AA25936@st6000.sct.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Gambia-l,
Happy New Year to all members and their families
Welcome to 1997!!!!!!!
Regards,
Moe S. Jallow
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 16:33:13 -0800 (PST)
From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Gambia chooses new parliament on Thursday (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961231163244.26466H-100000@saul6.u.washington.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
FYI -
Tony
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 8:30:26 PST
From: Reuter / Pap Saine <C-reuters@clari.net>
Newsgroups: clari.world.africa.western, clari.news.features,
clari.world.gov.politics
Subject: Gambia chooses new parliament on Thursday
BANJUL, Dec 29 (Reuter) - Voters in the tiny West African
tourist haven of Gambia choose a new parliament on Thursday in
elections expected to consolidate former military leader Yahya
Jammeh's transition from coup leader to elected president.
Supporters of Jammeh, who seized power in July 1994 and was
elected president last September, are already assured of six of
the new parliament's 45 elected seats as no rival candidate is
standing against them there.
The president nominates a further four legislators.
The opposition denounced Jammeh's September election
victory, accusing him of monopolising state media during the
campaign, but all parties have enjoyed access to the state media
during the parliamentary campaign, which ends on Tuesday.
Jammeh's main presidential rival, lawyer Ousainou Darboe,
has since called for his resignation, accusing him of
transferring $24.7 million illegally to a Swiss bank account.
``I am a trained lawyer, I can substantiate before any court
of law any allegations I make against somebody, especially a
head of state,'' the United Democratic Party (UDP) leader told
supporters on the campaign trail.
``Vote my MPs, they will rescue the nation,'' he added.
Darboe, who is not standing for parliament himself, took
refuge in Senegal's embassy for several days during and after
the presidential poll saying he feared for his safety.
Jammeh, 31, who toppled civilian president and independence
leader Sir Dawda Jawara accusing him of corruption, brushed
aside Darboe's accusation.
``This is not true, otherwise the country would have been
bankrupt,'' he told a rally of the Alliance for Patriotic
Reorientation and Construction (APRC) formed by his supporters.
``If the APRC candidates are elected, I will keep the
promise to carry out the development projects,'' he told voters.
Gambia, a poor, mainly Moslem ex-British colony fronting the
Atlantic Ocean and surrounded by francophone Senegal, depends on
tourism, groundnuts and foreign aid to make ends meet.
Jammeh's 1994 coup estranged Western donors, some of whom
advised their nationals against visiting on security grounds --
hitting the tourist industry hard. Jammeh has since developed
ties with Libya, Taiwan and Cuba.
Over 100 candidates are contesting the election with only
the APRC standing for all 45 seats. The UDP will contest 34.
More than 446,000 of Gambia's just over one million people
are registered to vote.
Under Jawara, parliament had 36 elected members and eight
nominated members.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 13:13:30 -0500
From: ABALM@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: New year greetings.
Message-ID: <970101131329_1089191701@emout05.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
Happy new year to all list members. I wish you all a wounderful 1997.
Tony, Abdou and all the others, keep up the good work you are doing.
Thank you.
Abba Sanneh
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 09:15:34 -0500
From: TSaidy1050@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S NEW YEAR MASSAGE
Message-ID: <970102091534_1189958328@emout19.mail.aol.com>
01Jan97 GAMBIA: GAMBIA PRESIDENT URGES PEACEFUL POLLS FOR THURSDAY.
BANJUL, Jan 1 (Reuter) - Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, has urged voters
in the tiny West African tourist haven to turn out peacefully and in force on
Thursday for parliamentary elections wrapping up the transition from military
rule.
Jammeh, who seized power in 1994 and was elected president last September,
told the nation in a New Year message that the transition had registered
"impressive successes" despite "genuine fears and even pessimism" of those
watching it.
"The voter turnout for the (constitutional) referendum and the presidential
elections was, in each case, very good, but I invite you to make the one for
the coming general elections the best ever," he said in a late Tuesday
broadcast.
Supporters of Jammeh, 31, who toppled independence leader Sir Dawda Jawara
accusing him of corruption, are already assured of six of the new
parliament's 45 elected seats as no rival candidate is standing against them
there.
The president nominates a further four legislators.
Gambia, a poor, mainly Moslem ex-British colony of just over a million
people, fronts the Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by Francophone Senegal.
It depends on tourism, groundnuts and foreign aid to make ends meet.
Jammeh banned established politicians before the presidential poll,
denouncing their links with Jawara. Opposition in the nation has since
gathered around lawyer Ousainou Darboe and his United Democratic Party.
(c) Reuters Limited 1997
REUTER NEWS SERVICE
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 09:03:02 -0800 (PST)
From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Young ex-soldier expected to win Gambia election (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970102090242.3867A-100000@saul7.u.washington.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 7:21:16 PST
From: Reuter / Pap Saine <C-reuters@clari.net>
Newsgroups: clari.world.africa.western, clari.world.gov.politics,
clari.news.features
Subject: Young ex-soldier expected to win Gambia election
BANJUL, Jan 2 (Reuter) - Gambians voted for a new parliament
on Thursday in elections expected to consolidate the rule of
President Yahya Jammeh who seized power in a coup in 1994 and
won a disputed presidential poll last September.
Jammeh, a 31-year-old soldier turned politician who toppled
independence leader Sir Dawda Jawara accusing him of corruption,
banned established politicians from politics before the
presidential poll, denouncing their links with Jawara.
Opposition has since gathered around lawyer Ousainou Darboe
and his United Democratic Party. Two minor opposition parties
are also contesting seats along with six independents.
Darboe, who is not standing for parliament himself, took
refuge in Senegal's embassy for several days during and after
the presidential poll saying he feared for his safety.
Campaigning this time has been peaceful, although Darboe's
party has complained of the arrest of party militants.
The campaign focused on whether Jammeh or more established
politicians should run the country, with Darboe accusing Jammeh
of corruption. Jammeh dismissed the charge.
The Gambian parliament has 49 seats. Jammeh has the right to
nominate four legislators, so 45 seats are up for election. Of
these 45, five are already in the bag for the president because
the opposition is fielding candidates only in 40 seats.
Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and
Construction is the only party contesting all 45 seats.
With 107 candidates in the contest, early turnout was light.
More than 446,000 of Gambia's one million or so people are
registered to vote in the small West African nation which is
heavily dependent on tourism.
Election officials said most of the 561 polling stations
opened on time at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT). Polls close at 6 p.m. (1800
GMT). First results were expected Thursday evening.
Jammeh urged voters in a New Year message to turn out
peacefully and in force for the election. ``The voter turnout
for the (constitutional) referendum and the presidential
election was, in each case, very good, but I invite you to make
the one for the coming general elections the best ever,'' he
said.
Gambia fronts the Atlantic and is surrounded by Senegal. Its
economy is based on tourism, groundnuts and foreign aid.
Jammeh's coup estranged Western donors. Some advised
nationals against visiting on security grounds, hitting tourism.
Jammeh has since developed ties with Libya, Taiwan and Cuba.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 20:14:34 +0100
From: Chris Foxwell <foxwell@globalxs.nl>
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Introduction
Message-ID: <32CC091A.4156@globalxs.nl>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Dear members of Gambia-l,
We're members of Gambia-l for a couple of weeks now, and we still
haven't replied to the request of an introduction, So here it is:
We are Ineke and Chris Foxwell, we live in Holland. We both work for
Dutch television, in different areas.
We've visited the Gambia a couple of times and we like it very much,
we would like to go there for a longer period and thought it would be
wise to obtain as much information as we could.
That's the reason we joined Gambia-l. So far we've really enjoyed this
discussion group. We hope everyone who went to the Gambia for a
holiday had a great time, please tell us what is was like. We would
have liked to have met you on the beach, maybe next year!,
greetings,
Chris and Ineke
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 22:37:32 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: AFRICA-POLITICS: Civil Society Grows Stronger And Stronger
Message-ID: <19970102213631.AAA12594@LOCALNAME>
/* Written 3:08 PM Dec 30, 1996 by newsdesk@igc.org in africa.news */
/* ---------- "IPS: AFRICA-POLITICS: Civil Society" ---------- */
Copyright 1996 InterPress Service, all rights reserved.
Worldwide distribution via the APC networks.
*** 27-Dec-96 ***
Title: AFRICA-POLITICS: Civil Society Grows Stronger And Stronger
By Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki and Toye Olori
HARARE, Dec 27 (IPS) - No longer content to let African
governments continue to rule without consulting the people, the
continent's civil society is poised to play a more active role in
governance.
Human rights, gender, environment, housing, children, and land
rights are just a few of the plethora of issues that civic groups
have banded together around in order to keep African governments
accountable.
''There is increasing awareness among people that we have the
right to have a say in matters of national importance and that our
say doesn't have to be through our MPs(members of parliament) or
parliament,'' says Atsango Chesoni of the International Federation
of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Kenya chapter.
''We are gradually legitimizing citizens' rights to play a role
in politics and whatever's happening,'' Chesoni adds.
In countries like Nigeria where the military has ruled for the
majority of the country's 36 years of independence, civic
organisations have become the main channel through which the
people can air their views.
''They (NGOs) are the only group that can speak out for us
since most of us have been cowed by the military,'' says a
Nigerian civil servant who declined to be named.
According to Ola Akagbosu, a researcher at the Nigerian
Institute of International Affairs, Africa's civil society has
strengthened, because it is the true representative of the
people's views.
Unlike governments which wantonly make policy without
consultation, civic groups ''hold seminars and workshops and
receive inputs from the different segments of society for their
policy formulations,'' Akagbosu says.
''They are forced by circumstances to voice the views and
opinions of citizens, as well as champion the course of the
people. In a way, they are the voice of the people,'' she adds.
Non-government organisations also have taken on this role,
because the majority of Africa's people are often too tied down in
the daily struggle of survival.
''...Ngos and civil society are in the vanguard of campaigns
against constitutional violation of lives and the freedom of the
citizens,'' says Kolawole Olaniyan of the Constitutional Rights
Project in Nigeria.
''More often than not, the citizenry cannot respond to these
violations because of many reasons. Among them are poverty, fear
of repression by the gun and lack of education,'' Olaniyan adds.
During the 1970s and early 1980s in many African countries, the
challenge to African governments came mainly from student
movements and the trade unions.
According to analysts, the changes in Africa's political and
economic scenario during the past 10 years have opened up more
space for people's participation.
''Many people from civil society moved into the new political
parties and those who remained re-defined civil society's role out
of frustration with the political party system,'' says Maina Kiai,
executive director of the Kenyan Human Rights Commission.
''We are now finding solutions in the churches, in NGOs, even
in business, but not in government. We now know the government is
not all-being, all-knowing and all-powerful,'' Kiai adds.
The economic reform programmes which swept across the continent
have also created a climate where governments were forced to take
a back seat and civil society stepped in to fill the void.
''This is not to say that liberalisation is a good thing, but
it has had some positive impact,'' Kiai says. ''Before the
government was everywhere. Now, the reduction of government's role
in all areas of life, the fact that the government has had to
scale down, has enabled people to empower themselves.
''We are more self-confident, self-assured, more responsible
for our own lives,'' Kiai says.
According to Kiai, the people's power and confidence to change
their own situations is evident in many ways.
''Aviation workers going on strike and taking their employer to
court, farmers refusing to pick their coffee because they believe
the Kenya Coffee Board to be corrupt, members of the Kenyan
Creameries Cooperative voting in their own board not just once but
twice in defiance of presidential interference, parents
challenging education costs and the running of government schools
are all examples,'' the Kenyan human rights activist says.
''People are becoming aware that they hold the solutions''.
Analysts agree that the trend will continue, and that African
governments must confront not only the challenge from the
international community to be more transparent and democratic, but
also the challenge from within.
''Civil society has an energy that the State cannot control.
There are symptoms of a healthier, more vibrant civil
society...,'' Chesoni says. (end/ips/lwm/to/pm96)
Origin: Harare/AFRICA-POLITICS/
----
[c] 1996, InterPress Third World News Agency (IPS)
All rights reserved
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:48:50 -0600 (CST)
From: Alieu Jawara <umjawara@cc.UManitoba.CA>
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: PRINCE CAHRLES URGES 'MATERIALISTIC' WEST TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM ISLAM
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970102162846.6829A-100000@castor.cc.umanitoba.ca>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Happy New Year all list members, thanks very much Tombong for forwarding
this piece to the list. I must I was very exited to read it but I wasn't
the least surprised. I would Appreciate if the list members will bear
with me for a second to express my feelings about this article even
though this isn't a religious forum. Prophet Muhamad(PBUH) had said some
1400 years ago that this religion, Islam, will reach every corner of
the earth reached by morning and night, i.e., every place. Now
brothers and sisters it is the turn of the Buckingham Palace. I
would direct your attention to verses in the Quran, chapter 9, (Tawba)
verses 32 & 33. Please read this and think about it for a second. If
you don't have a copy of the Quran and you would want one please e-mail
mail me, I'll make sure you get one, it's on me bro!
Peace, Alieu
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:12:26 -0800 (PST)
From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Reuters Africa Highlights / [Jan 2] (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970102171214.24747A-100000@saul6.u.washington.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 11:31:06 PST
From: Reuters <C-reuters@clari.net>
Newsgroups: clari.world.top, clari.world.africa.eastern,
clari.world.africa.northwestern, clari.world.africa.southern,
clari.world.africa.western
Subject: Reuters Africa Highlights / [Jan 2]
KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwandan authorities have arrested as
genocide suspects more than 2,500 Hutus who were among some
460,000 refugees who returned home from Tanzania last month, the
U.N. human rights office said. Human rights spokeswoman Marie
van der Elst told Reuters that 2,609 refugees had been detained
by Dec. 27 for their role in the 1994 genocide of an estimated
800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
BANJUL, Gambia - Gambians voted for a new Parliament in
elections expected to consolidate the rule of President Yahya
Jammeh who seized power in a coup in 1994 and won a disputed
presidential poll last September. Election officials and party
leaders reported a slow turnout in the mainly Muslim West
African nation's capital Banjul and other urban areas but
brisker polling in the provinces. There were no reports of
trouble although main opposition leader Ousainou Darboe said one
of his supporters had been arrested in the town of Basse in
Upper River Division.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Madagascar's former military
ruler Didier Ratsiraka held on to a slim lead in the race for
the presidency of the Indian Ocean island with two-thirds of the
votes counted. Ratsiraka, a 60-year-old ex-Marxist and retired
admiral, led with 51.4 percent of the vote against 48.6 percent
for former President Albert Zafy, 69, according to results
issued by the Interior Ministry. It said 51 percent of
Madagascar's 6.5 million registered voters turned out for
Sunday's second-round runoff compared with a turnout of 60
percent in a Nov. 3 first round.
N'DJAMENA, Chad - Nomads in Chad began voting for a National
Assembly, launching the central African nation's much-delayed
parliamentary election, electoral officials said. The remainder
of the former French colony's 3.5 million or so voters will cast
their ballots for the 125-seat assembly Sunday. Electoral
officials estimate that around 300,000 nomads are eligible to
vote. President Idriss Deby, the northern former guerrilla
leader who seized power in a French-backed coup in 1990, won a
long-delayed presidential election in July against southern
rival and fellow general Wadal Abdelkader Kamougue.
MORONI, Comoros - Civil servants on the Comoros islands went
on strike, shortly after President Mohamed Taki named a new
government, to protest against salary arrears of up to a year.
On the island of Anjuan, the civil servants heeded calls by
union leaders and took to the streets to protest against the
salary delays. In other parts of the Indian Ocean archipelago,
medical services and schools were disrupted after unions
declared an indefinite strike.
RABAT, Morocco - Despite shipwrecks and deaths, the lure of
Europe draws thousands of North Africans to perilous boats and,
at best, an uncertain future as illegal immigrants. The risks
were again highlighted this week when Italian police picked up
40 would-be immigrants crammed in a motorboat. They were
drifting at sea after eight days and said four of the group had
died of cold and their bodies had been pushed overboard.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South African police said they
were hunting three fugitive right-wingers in connection with a
Christmas Eve bomb attack that killed four people in a small
farming town. Spokesman John Sterrenberg said the three whites
had already been convicted of murder in absentia for planting
bombs that killed 20 people on the eve of South Africa's
historic all-race election in April 1994.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:03:16 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: New Member
Message-ID: <19970103120219.AAA13512@LOCALNAME>
Gambia-l,
Yvan Russell has been added to the list and as a custom, we expect
to have an introduction from him. Welcome to the Gambia-l Yvan
please send an introduction of your self to the list.
Regards
Momodou Camara
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:06:11 -0500
From: TSaidy1050@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS RESULTS
Message-ID: <970103090611_1190122721@emout19.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
The National Assembly Elections results stand as follows:
The APRC candidates won in the following constituencies:
1. Foni Bintang - Fansu Sanneh
2. Foni Bondali - Ansumana Sanneh
3. Foni Brefet - Karafa Badgie
4. Foni Jarrol - Musa Baldeh
5. Foni Kansala - Kawsu L. Gibba
6. Nianija- Dawda Bah
7. Banjul South - David Jones
8. Banjul Central - Musa Sinyan
9. Banjul North - Skeikh Omar Njie
10. Lower Baddibu
11. Serrekunda West - Sulayman Joof
12. Jarra Central - Phoday Lang Sarr
13. Janjanbureh- Daddy Kaba Dampha
14. Lower Fulladu West - Saikou Foday Njie
15. Lower Saloum- Fafa Touray
16. Niamina Dankunku - Sanna Jallow
17. Niamina Esat - Eliman Malick Secka
18. Sami - Idrissa Samba Sallah
19. Basse - Momodou Sellu Bah
20. Tumanna - Netty Baldeh
21. Kombo Central - Abdou Badjie
22. Kombo East - Kebba M Touray
23. Jokadu - Amadou Khan
24. Lower Baddibu - Alhaji Ablie Suku Singateh
25. Upper Niumi - Ousman Jallow
UDP, so far captured five seats and they are as follows:
1. Bakau- Demba Sanneh Bojang
2. Central Baddibu- Abou Karamba Kassama
3. Jarra West- Kemeseng M. Manneh
4. Kiang East- Buba Samuara
5. Kiang West- Omar Kebba Mass
Contrary to my predictions, PDOIS won one seat so far. Mr. Sidia Jatta, party
leader, won his seat in Wuli constituecy.
NRP, won in Upper Saloum constituency as I predicted, and they surprisingly
won in Kiang Central too. So for Hamat Bah, the party leader, won in Upper
Saloum and Musa Gallel Jabou Njadoe won in Kiang Central.
Two Independent candidates are in and they are:
1. Kantora - Hassan Jallow
2. Niamina West
Out of the 45 National Assembly seats contested, the APRC has won 25, UDP 5,
NRP 2, PDOIS 1 and 2 Independent candidates. This means that 35
seats(constituencies) have been won and there are 10 more constituencies to
go. I will post the results of the remaining 10 as soon as they are counted.
Peace
Tombong
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:35:05 -0500
From: TSaidy1050@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <970103113504_1756349228@emout10.mail.aol.com>
Gambia-l,
This is the final result of the National Assembly Elections and as one can
see it is a land slide victory for the APRC, the party of the people. The
APRC captured 33 seats out of 45. UDP captured 7 seats, NRP 2 seats, PDOIS 1
seat and 2 Independent candidates. The elections were open, free and fair.
Now is time to work together to build a better Gambia for all.
The APRC candidates won in the following constituencies:
1. Foni Bintang - Fansu Sanneh
2. Foni Bondali - Ansumana Sanneh
3. Foni Brefet - Karafa Badgie
4. Foni Jarrol - Musa Baldeh
5. Foni Kansala - Kawsu L. Gibba
6. Nianija- Dawda Bah
7. Banjul South - David Jones
8. Banjul Central - Musa Sinyan
9. Banjul North - Skeikh Omar Njie
10. Lower Baddibu
11. Serrekunda West - Sulayman Joof
12. Serrekunda East - Fabakary Tombong. Jatta
13. Jarra Central - Phoday Lang Sarr
14. Janjanbureh- Daddy Kaba Dampha
15. Lower Fulladu West - Saikou Foday Njie
16. Upper Fulladu West - Churchill Falai Bandeh
17. Lower Saloum- Fafa Touray
18. Niamina Dankunku - Sanna Jallow
19. Niamina Esat - Eliman Malick Secka
20. Sami - Idrissa Samba Sallah
21. Basse - Momodou Sellu Bah
22. Jimara - Kanimang Sanneh
23. Sandu - Abdoulie K. Jawla
24. Tumanna - Netty Baldeh
25. Kombo Central - Abdou Badjie
26. Kombo East - Kebba M Touray
27. Kombo North - Musa Suso
28. Kombo South - Paul Mendy
29. Jokadu - Amadou Khan
30. Lower Baddibu - Alhaji Ablie Suku Singateh
31. Illiassa - Arabou Ansu Kanyi
32. Lower Niumi - Jane Colley Faye
33. Upper Niumi - Ousman Jallow
UDP captured the following 7 seats :
1. Bakau- Demba Sanneh Bojang
2. Central Baddibu- Abou Karamba Kassama
3. Jarra West- Kemeseng M. Manneh
4. Kiang East- Buba Samuara
5. Kiang West- Omar Kebba Mass
6. Jarra East - Seedy Amang Kanyi
7. Niani - Almamy Abubacarr Touray
Contrary to my predictions, PDOIS won one seat. Mr. Sidia Jatta, party
leader, won his seat in Wuli constituecy.
NRP, won in Upper Saloum constituency as I predicted, and they surprisingly
won in Kiang Central too. Hamat Bah, the party leader, won in Upper Saloum
and Musa Gallel Jabou Njadoe won in Kiang Central.
Two Independent candidates are in and they are:
1. Kantora - Hassan Jallow
2. Niamina West
The interesting thing about all this is that for the first time in Gambian
history, every tribe or ethnic group and every political party that
participated has at least one representative in the National Assembly.
Peace
Tombong
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 08:35:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Gambian president's party wins parliamentary poll (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970103083543.29076E-100000@saul4.u.washington.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 4:01:31 PST
From: Reuters <C-reuters@clari.net>
Newsgroups: clari.world.africa.western, clari.world.gov.politics
Subject: Gambian president's party wins parliamentary poll
BANJUL, Jan 3 (Reuter) - President Yahya Jammeh's party won
a majority in Gambia's new parliament on Friday after elections
that complete the return of the small West African country to
civilian rule, partial results showed.
Results from Thursday's poll, broadcast overnight by state
radio and television, showed that Jammeh's Alliance for
Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) had 26 of the
assembly's 49 seats -- an outright majority.
With 80 percent of results declared in the mainly Moslem
nation, Ousainou Darboe's main opposition United Democratic
Party had six seats and the opposition National Reconciliation
Party (NRP) two. Independents had two seats.
Jammeh, a 31-year-old soldier turned politician, toppled the
former British colony's civilian independence leader Sir Dawda
Jawara in 1994 accusing him of corruption. Jammeh won a
presidential election in September.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 08:38:53 -0800 (PST)
From: "A. Loum" <tloum@u.washington.edu>
To: Gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Gambia returns to civilian rule under ex-soldier (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970103083838.29076F-100000@saul4.u.washington.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 4:52:51 PST
From: Reuter / Pap Saine <C-reuters@clari.net>
Newsgroups: clari.world.africa.western, clari.world.gov.politics
Subject: Gambia returns to civilian rule under ex-soldier
BANJUL, Jan 3 (Reuter) - President Yahya Jammeh's party won
a majority in Gambia's new parliament on Friday after elections
that complete a return to civilian rule in the small West
African nation following his 1994 military coup.
Partial results from Thursday's poll, broadcast by state
radio and television, showed that Jammeh's Alliance for
Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) had 26 of the
assembly's 49 seats -- an outright majority.
With 80 percent of results declared in the mainly Moslem
nation of a million people, lawyer Ousainou Darboe's main
opposition United Democratic Party had six seats.
The opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) of hotel
manager Hamat Bah, like Darboe a defeated presidential contender
in September, had two seats. Independents had two.
Jammeh, a committed Moslem who had military training in the
United States, staged a coup as a 29-year-old lieutenant in
1994, toppling the former British colony's civilian independence
leader Sir Dawda Jawara.
Jammeh said at the time he had no political ambitions and
that he simply wanted to put an end to government corruption,
the tourist sex trade in Gambia and drugs.
But he banned established politicians with links with Jammeh
and then won a presidential election last September.
Jammeh's party won five of its 26 seats on Thursday by
default in constituencies where no one stood against it. The
president has the right to nominate a further four assembly
members.
Political commentators estimated Thursday's turnout at 60 to
67 percent, compared to up to 90 percent in the presidential
poll. More than 446,000 Gambians were registered to vote.
Hotel manager Bah was one of his party's two new assembly
members. Darboe, who did not stand for parliament himself, took
refuge in Senegal's embassy for several days during and after
the presidential poll saying he feared for his safety.
Thursday's poll was peaceful and without incident.
Under Gambia's new constitution, approved by referendum in
August, parliament can impeach the president on a two-thirds
majority. It can also block ministerial appointments.
Gambia fronts the Atlantic and is surrounded by
French-speaking Senegal. Its economy is based on tourism,
groundnuts and foreign aid.
Jammeh's coup estranged Western donors. Some advised
nationals against visiting on security grounds, hitting tourism.
Jammeh has since developed ties with Libya, Taiwan and Cuba.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 18:17:52 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <19970103171657.AAA14416@LOCALNAME>
Mr. Saidy,
Thanks for the election results. Can you please send the
number of votes each candidate got?
My best regards to every one.
Momodou Camara
> Gambia-l,
>
> This is the final result of the National Assembly Elections and as one can
> see it is a land slide victory for the APRC, the party of the people. The
> APRC captured 33 seats out of 45. UDP captured 7 seats, NRP 2 seats, PDOIS 1
> seat and 2 Independent candidates. The elections were open, free and fair.
> Now is time to work together to build a better Gambia for all.
>
> The APRC candidates won in the following constituencies:
> 1. Foni Bintang - Fansu Sanneh
> 2. Foni Bondali - Ansumana Sanneh
> 3. Foni Brefet - Karafa Badgie
> 4. Foni Jarrol - Musa Baldeh
> 5. Foni Kansala - Kawsu L. Gibba
> 6. Nianija- Dawda Bah
> 7. Banjul South - David Jones
> 8. Banjul Central - Musa Sinyan
> 9. Banjul North - Skeikh Omar Njie
> 10. Lower Baddibu
> 11. Serrekunda West - Sulayman Joof
> 12. Serrekunda East - Fabakary Tombong. Jatta
> 13. Jarra Central - Phoday Lang Sarr
> 14. Janjanbureh- Daddy Kaba Dampha
> 15. Lower Fulladu West - Saikou Foday Njie
> 16. Upper Fulladu West - Churchill Falai Bandeh
> 17. Lower Saloum- Fafa Touray
> 18. Niamina Dankunku - Sanna Jallow
> 19. Niamina Esat - Eliman Malick Secka
> 20. Sami - Idrissa Samba Sallah
> 21. Basse - Momodou Sellu Bah
> 22. Jimara - Kanimang Sanneh
> 23. Sandu - Abdoulie K. Jawla
> 24. Tumanna - Netty Baldeh
> 25. Kombo Central - Abdou Badjie
> 26. Kombo East - Kebba M Touray
> 27. Kombo North - Musa Suso
> 28. Kombo South - Paul Mendy
> 29. Jokadu - Amadou Khan
> 30. Lower Baddibu - Alhaji Ablie Suku Singateh
> 31. Illiassa - Arabou Ansu Kanyi
> 32. Lower Niumi - Jane Colley Faye
> 33. Upper Niumi - Ousman Jallow
>
> UDP captured the following 7 seats :
> 1. Bakau- Demba Sanneh Bojang
> 2. Central Baddibu- Abou Karamba Kassama
> 3. Jarra West- Kemeseng M. Manneh
> 4. Kiang East- Buba Samuara
> 5. Kiang West- Omar Kebba Mass
> 6. Jarra East - Seedy Amang Kanyi
> 7. Niani - Almamy Abubacarr Touray
>
> Contrary to my predictions, PDOIS won one seat. Mr. Sidia Jatta, party
> leader, won his seat in Wuli constituecy.
>
> NRP, won in Upper Saloum constituency as I predicted, and they surprisingly
> won in Kiang Central too. Hamat Bah, the party leader, won in Upper Saloum
> and Musa Gallel Jabou Njadoe won in Kiang Central.
>
> Two Independent candidates are in and they are:
> 1. Kantora - Hassan Jallow
> 2. Niamina West
>
> The interesting thing about all this is that for the first time in Gambian
> history, every tribe or ethnic group and every political party that
> participated has at least one representative in the National Assembly.
>
>
> Peace
> Tombong
>
>
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 20:22:00 -0500
From: MJagana@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Cc: MJagana@aol.com
Subject: Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <970103201257_1458537799@emout12.mail.aol.com>
THANKS FOR THE ELECTION RESULTS.
HOWEVER THE POINT IS NOT THAT EVERY TRIBE HAD A
REPRESENTITIVE, BUT THOSE REPS. ARE FREE TO EXERCISE THIER
RIGHT AND RUN THE COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE.
DEMOCRACY HAS A VERY FUNNY INTERPERTATION; DEPENDING ON
WHO IS IMPLEMENTING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT STANDS UP AND LET THE GAMBIANS
SPEAK THIER MIND.
PEACE ! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY ! TO ALL GAMBIANS
MJ
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 97 15:13 GMT+0200
From: "Peter K.A. da Costa" <ipspdc@harare.iafrica.com>
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu, GAMBIA-L:@harare.iafrica.com
Subject: Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <m0vgVue-0012YMC@harare.iafrica.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi there
Great news. We had an election and there was no violence, and lots of people
tuned out to vote, and the APRC won a big majority.
But what difference does that make to the price of bread?
Peace, Freedom, Liberty to all Gambians is precisely what democracy is all
about. Well said, Jagana.
And managing to stage elections alone -- while a necessary condition in this
world of Westminster model conditionalities imposed by those from whom we
beg -- is not by any means a sufficient condition for the above.
Along with civilian rule should come accountability -- something The Gambia
has never had in sufficient measure, and without which we can forget all
this hogwash about transitions, multipartyism, level playing fields, etc.
What I am waiting for is to see a responsible, mature governance that works
in the interest of the country and all its citizens, a governance that does
not suppress freedom of expression and that is ready and willing to come to
terms with the excesses of the past (and by past I mean pre-Jammeh as well
as the transition period).
In the scheme of things, The Gambia is a tiny drop in the ocean (someone
once described it as a geographic and economic absurdity). So if we want to
get ahead in this globalised economy, with little to offer anyone but our
beaches (which are being devastated by coastal erosion) and our groundnuts
(which are not the world's most profitable commodity right now), we'd better
get real and put factionalism, tribalism, sectarianism, and all other
destructive -isms on the backburner.
Those whose job it now is to run The Gambia Inc, will have to find ways of
making it economically viable and sustainable.
The mainstream international community will not sustain us forever. Neither
will Libya and Taiwan.
So let's get real.
Best
Peter
04.01.97
At 20:22 03/01/97 -0500, MJagana@aol.com wrote:
>
>
>THANKS FOR THE ELECTION RESULTS.
>HOWEVER THE POINT IS NOT THAT EVERY TRIBE HAD A
>REPRESENTITIVE, BUT THOSE REPS. ARE FREE TO EXERCISE THIER
>RIGHT AND RUN THE COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE.
>
>DEMOCRACY HAS A VERY FUNNY INTERPERTATION; DEPENDING ON
>WHO IS IMPLEMENTING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
>
>I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT STANDS UP AND LET THE GAMBIANS
>SPEAK THIER MIND.
>
>PEACE ! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY ! TO ALL GAMBIANS
>
>MJ
>
>
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 15:13:34 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <19970104141247.AAD5412@LOCALNAME>
> THANKS FOR THE ELECTION RESULTS.
> HOWEVER THE POINT IS NOT THAT EVERY TRIBE HAD A
> REPRESENTITIVE, BUT THOSE REPS. ARE FREE TO EXERCISE THIER
> RIGHT AND RUN THE COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE.
>
> DEMOCRACY HAS A VERY FUNNY INTERPERTATION; DEPENDING ON
> WHO IS IMPLEMENTING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
>
> I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT STANDS UP AND LET THE GAMBIANS
> SPEAK THIER MIND.
>
> PEACE ! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY ! TO ALL GAMBIANS
>
> MJ
You are right, I don't see any point in "every tribes or ethnic
group" being represented. Members of the National Assembly should not
see themselves as representatives of any tribe but as Gambians
belonging to a certain political party with a manifesto.
Peace!
Momodou Camara
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 15:13:33 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: New Member
Message-ID: <19970104141247.AAF5412@LOCALNAME>
Gambia-l,
Jainum Jatta has been added to the list and as a custom, we expect
to have an introduction from him. Welcome to the Gambia-l Jainum,
please send an introduction of your self to the list.
Regards
Momodou Camara
*******************************************************
URL http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara
**"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's
possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible"***
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 15:29:00 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: New Member
Message-ID: <19970104142811.AAA24212@LOCALNAME>
Gambia-l,
Lamin Sabally has been added to the list and as a custom, we expect
to have an introduction from him. Welcome to the Gambia-l Lamin,
please send an introduction of yourself to the list.
Regards
Momodou Camara
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 12:22:01 -0500
From: ABALM@aol.com
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: new member
Message-ID: <970104122200_1223863805@emout12.mail.aol.com>
Tony,Momodou or Abdou.
Please add Mamadi Corra to the list .His address is Mkcorra@vm.sc.edu.
Thank you.
Abba
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 19:22:28 +0000
From: momodou.camara@post3.tele.dk (Camara, Momodou)
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: New Member
Message-ID: <19970104182142.AAA11650@LOCALNAME>
Gambia-l,
Mamadi Corra has been added to the list and as a custom, we expect
to have an introduction from him. Welcome to the Gambia-l Mr. Corra,
please send an introduction of yourself to the list.
Regards
Momodou Camara
*******************************************************
URL http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara
**"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's
possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible"***
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 13:58:02 -0500
From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <msjaiteh@mtu.edu>
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Cc: msjaiteh@mtu.edu
Subject: Re: New Members
Message-ID: <199701041858.NAA03355@oak.ffr.mtu.edu>
A HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. Momodou Camara, keep up the good work!
Malanding
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 22:13:51 +0300
From: BASS KOLLEH DRAMMEH <KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA>
To: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <30EC26EF.56F8@QATAR.NET.QA>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Peter K.A. da Costa wrote:
>=20
> Hi there
>=20
> Great news. We had an election and there was no violence, and lots of p=
eople
> tuned out to vote, and the APRC won a big majority.
>=20
> But what difference does that make to the price of bread?
>=20
> Peace, Freedom, Liberty to all Gambians is precisely what democracy is =
all
> about. Well said, Jagana.
>=20
> And managing to stage elections alone -- while a necessary condition in=
this
> world of Westminster model conditionalities imposed by those from whom =
we
> beg -- is not by any means a sufficient condition for the above.
>=20
> Along with civilian rule should come accountability -- something The Ga=
mbia
> has never had in sufficient measure, and without which we can forget al=
l
> this hogwash about transitions, multipartyism, level playing fields, et=
c.
>=20
> What I am waiting for is to see a responsible, mature governance that w=
orks
> in the interest of the country and all its citizens, a governance that =
does
> not suppress freedom of expression and that is ready and willing to com=
e to
> terms with the excesses of the past (and by past I mean pre-Jammeh as w=
ell
> as the transition period).
>=20
> In the scheme of things, The Gambia is a tiny drop in the ocean (someon=
e
> once described it as a geographic and economic absurdity). So if we wan=
t to
> get ahead in this globalised economy, with little to offer anyone but o=
ur
> beaches (which are being devastated by coastal erosion) and our groundn=
uts
> (which are not the world's most profitable commodity right now), we'd b=
etter
> get real and put factionalism, tribalism, sectarianism, and all other
> destructive -isms on the backburner.
>=20
> Those whose job it now is to run The Gambia Inc, will have to find ways=
of
> making it economically viable and sustainable.
>=20
> The mainstream international community will not sustain us forever. Nei=
ther
> will Libya and Taiwan.
>=20
> So let's get real.
>=20
> Best
> Peter
> 04.01.97
>=20
> At 20:22 03/01/97 -0500, MJagana@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >THANKS FOR THE ELECTION RESULTS.
> >HOWEVER THE POINT IS NOT THAT EVERY TRIBE HAD A
> >REPRESENTITIVE, BUT THOSE REPS. ARE FREE TO EXERCISE THIER
> >RIGHT AND RUN THE COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE.
> >
> >DEMOCRACY HAS A VERY FUNNY INTERPERTATION; DEPENDING ON
> >WHO IS IMPLEMENTING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
> >
> >I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT STANDS UP AND LET THE GAMBIANS
> >SPEAK THIER MIND.
> >
> >PEACE ! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY ! TO ALL GAMBIANS
> >
> >MJ
> >
> >
Mr.Da Costa!
Don't you think it would be almost impossible for those
whose job it is to run Gambia, to help it "get ahead in the Globalised=20
Economy" if all of them believe,as you and the unmentioned person you
quoted do, that it is "a geographic and economic absurdity"?! Capitalism
does not succeed by mineral wealth and numerical preponderance
alone.Before pouring scorn on what beaches could do for us perhaps you
should first check with the citizens of Mauritius and some of the
carribean countries.In the final analysis,the part played by what you
have is secondary in your success to the part played by what you intend
and are prepared to do with it.If that were not the case,Zaire would
have been the Sweden of Southern Africa,and Singapore the coolies of
Asia.Gambia is neither a geographic absurdity nor an economic
invalid.All it needs to succeed is a self-confident and hardworking
people determined to rely on themselves to make their dreams of securing
a respectable standard of living for all a reality.
Regards Bassss!!
--=20
SZDD=88=F0'3Af=A8=03
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 23:50:27 GMT+1
From: "Famara A. Sanyang" <famaraas@amadeus.cmi.no>
To: KOLLS567@QATAR.NET.QA
Cc: gambia-l@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS
Message-ID: <17048521242@amadeus.cmi.no>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
Hello Brothers & Sisters,
A happy new year to every one. Thanks to Mr. Saidy for posting the
results of the elections, and all the others for their contributions.
It feels good to learn that the elections went on peacefully and that
the turn out was good. The average voter turn out in the last two
elections is higher than in many so called "developed democracies".
Somebody requested the number of votes each candidate got, I think it
will be very interesting to make an analysis of this. My hypothesis
was that the number of MPs from the opposition could have been more,
if they have been more selective in the constituencies they
contested (and don't "fight" each other). Anyway I believe that
12 seats in the hands of the opposition is a good start for our young
democracy. Above all, every political got a representative in parliament.
That leaves "no voice" out. I am exceptionally glad for the fact the party I
sympathise with PDOIS got a seat. I think the Gambian people will one
day thank the voters in Wuli for voting in Mr. Sidia Jatta. I am
tempted to call this a new page in the Gambian Parliamentary system.
It is true most MPs have some kind of ethnic and or regional
identity, but I think it important that we point out that members of
parliament are in voted in to make wise decisions for all Gambians,
regardless of" ethnicity", regional, political or religious
affiliations.
Mr. Da costa asked "What difference does it make for the price of
bread?" I think these are the type of questions we should continue to
ask. The party programme of APRC was unfortunately not posted to
Gambia-l, and I did have any access to it. I will here base my
argument on my observations of the period they have been in power.
As far as am concern I did not see any fundamental changes in policy
since the AfPRC took over in 1994. It's only difference is the
anti-corruption signals(this is of course a necessary condition for
progress but not a sufficient one). Those who are familiar with the manifesto of
APRC, can you kindly enlighten us on how our coming government
plans to make a difference for the average Gambian.
I will stop here for now.
Shalom,
Famara.
------------------------------
End of GAMBIA-L Digest 49
*************************
|
|
gambia-l: LOG9701B - Digest 49
