Jammeh over Guinea Bissau

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Thursday, December 29, 2011 The Chairman of the African Union Commission
yesterday evening arrived in Banjul for talks with President Yahya Jammeh
over the situation in neighbouring Guinea Bissau. Jean Ping, according to
our source, flew in to Banjul from Guinea Bissau. As part of his mission,
Ping held talks with President Jammeh on a wide range of issues at State
House last evening. Shortly after his audience with the Gambian leader, the
Chairman of the African Union told waiting journalists that, taking into
account the situation prevailing in the sub-region mainly that in Guinea
Bissau, it is very useful for him to seek advice from President Jammeh who,
he said, knows very well the situation in the sub-region. “I was very happy
about the advice President Jammeh gave me; about the analysis of the
situation, which he knows perfectly well, and I’m going to send some of our
technicians in the sub-region to continue to seek advice, to have ideas
from Presidents in the sub-region,” he said. On what steps the African
Union was thinking of taking in Guinea Bissau, Ping said after meeting with
all stakeholders in Guinea, including the army and international community,
he had the impression that the situation in Bissau is under control. “But
the real problems are still there. There are many problems, including the
reform of the army. We talked about all these issues with them, and I now
have a better evaluation of the situation, not only in Guinea Bissau, but
the sub-region in general,” he added. According to him, despite all that it
has, the African continent is very unfortunate to have all forms of
conflicts. He also told journalists that the year 2011 is the worst year
for the continent, with crises in Libya, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC Congo, Somalia
and Sudan. “We are being confronted with tremendous problems, which we have
to solve because you will never have a sustainable development without
peace,” Ping added. The African leaders, he said, think that it is
impossible to solve African problems by ignoring the African people. “It is
impossible; we are not saying that African problems need only African
solutions; we are saying that African problems need African solutions with
the assistance of the international community; and not by ignoring the
African people,” he told reporters in Banjul.

Author: Lamin B. Darboe

Source: Picture: President Jamm

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GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA.
LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH (NASIRU
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