The Ghanaians killed in Gambia

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03/07/2007*

July 23rd 2007, would be exactly two year when the 44 Ghanaians and 9 others
lost their lives in the Gambia. Many did not believe but those who did or
lost love ones will never allow sleeping dogs to lay considering the fact
those murdered where last seen a life in the hands of the Gambia security.

The difficult thing for us is that we do not know the individuals who were
killed. Some us might be thinking that our brothers are still looking for
greener pastures whereas they are no more.

Did our leaders do what was best? For those who have not followed these
events there are lots to read on Ghanaweb.com. I think our leaders cold have
done better. They just believed what the Gambian Government told them and
only acted whenever there was public pressure.

To silence our Government the Ghanaian community in Ghanatown in The Gambia
were exempted from the annual renewal of staying permits.

What of the press, they have sustained the issue but they fell short; they
were not following The Government for developments on the issue but rather
allow the Government to give them briefs whenever somebody remembers. I
think it mainly through their(press) efforts that the Human rights groups
took up the issue.

They fell short when they could have traced ex Gambian Government officials
who have been exiled but where in leadership roles when the killings took
place to throw light on the issue; e.g the army commander Col Ndure Cham.

The President of the Gambia will not be at the AU summit. There are obvious
reasons for the vice president attending and not the president. It is not
against the rule to let the vice president attend more so when there are
good reasons for the president to stay at home because there are domestic
issues to resolve.

The Gambian people are different from their president and very friendly to
Ghanaians; they respect Ghanaians because we have played no small role in
their educational system. The vice president of the Gambia should not be
spared the anger of the human rights groups as she is part of the Government
no matter her role.

I hope it not just going to be an issue of condemnation and its over, we
should get official reasons for the killings, and we as nation can decide
what next.

I have time and again said this will be an election issue; I am happy the
minority side is taking it on. The Ghanaian community in Gambia is waiting
to give the killed a befitting burial.

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