G-L Community:
Allow me a moment to thank the United Gambia Organization of Atlanta, my
brother Musa Jeng and his family for their kindness and invitation to the
July 4th Symposium. I also wish to thank the Gambian Community of Atlanta
for their kindness as well.  The symposium was a great success.

I had a fun and productive time, made many new friends and renewed ties with
some.  Keep up the good work.

Abdoulaye


>From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: CONFERENCE VIDEOTAPE ON SALE
>Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:51:42 +0200
>
>Dear Musa and UGOA,
>Your conference sounds very successful according to the article below and I
>congratulate all of you for a job well done.
>I would like to purchase a copy of the video tape but I want to know if you
>have some in PAL for those of us in Europe or you only have them in NTSC
>standard?
>
>BTW, I hope you consider inviting PDOIS too next year.
>
>regards,
>Momodou Camara
>
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>Juwara Returns From US With Stark Message
>
>The Independent (Banjul)
>NEWS
>July 12, 2002
>Posted to the web July 12, 2002
>
>By Lamin M. Dibba
>Banjul
>
>Gambians in Atlanta in the United States have only a stark message for the
>APRC government in that it has woefully failed to either stabilize or
>improve
>The Gambia's economic situation, according to Lamin Waa Juwara.
>
>Juwara who is the organising secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP)
>was representing the Gambian opposition in a symposium by the United
>Gambian Organisation of Atlanta on July 5 2002.
>
>He said he has returned from the United States with a stark message
>purportedly from Gambians abroad that in view of the dropping standard of
>living in The Gambia the APRC government can no longer offer a creditable
>guidance to the nation.
>
>According to Mr. Juwara the APRC was also represented at the symposium
>attended by high profile Gambian academicians based in the United States
>chiefly among them Dr. Abdoulie Saine.
>
>Dr. Saine delivered a paper on the current political situation in The
>Gambia in
>a well-attended meeting.
>
>Juwara said there was a consensus from the attendees that the government
>of President Jammeh has not lived up to its promise of improving the
>economic condition of Gambians, adding that eight years of promise has
>been superseded by eight years of disastrous economic misapplication. He
>said Gambians in the United States are exasperated over the fact that the
>economic situation continues to deteriorate as the local currency takes an
>all-
>time dive. He said although the Gambians he met admitted that they were
>not in the country they are convinced that poverty and other economic
>malaise continue to take their tolls on ordinary Gambians, for which the
>APRC government must take the blame.
>
>According to Juwara some said it was the biggest gathering of Gambians in
>the United States. He said in attendance also were members of the Gambian
>Democratic Forum many of who were supporters of the former ruling party.
>
>'It was also clearly spelt out that the opposition in The Gambia such be
>more
>active' he said.
>
>The highlights of the meeting was the presentation by two Gambian women
>Siga Jagne and Sofi Ceesay who have been campaigning to raise funds to
>help victims of the April 10 and 11 student unrest.
>
>Mr. Juwara added that at the conference pictures of alleged atrocities
>committed on innocent Gambian students were shown on a projector.
>
>According to Juwara those present had demanded from groups that the
>$20,000 accepted from Jammeh be returned to him since they felt that the
>money could have been better spent on the victims of the April 2000
>incident.
>
>'They are waiting for Jammeh's proposed visit to Atlanta in September when
>contrary to information he (the president) has been receiving his support
>is
>very negligible' he said.
>
>Juwara was also invited to a conference organised by The Gambia Freedom,
>Democratic Movement (GFDM) based in Washington DC to discuss issues
>pertaining to The Gambia.
>
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