Hi!
  Thanks Ndey, Pierre, Sidibeh and Joe for adding valuable
perspectives to this troublesome issue. I hope the authorities try
hard to restore good neighbourliness. A welcome development is that
Gen. Niang, after meeting Gambian authorities and receiving assurances
from them, informed the 200 Senegalese who sought refuge at the
Senegalese Embassy that the Senegalese Government would not be
involved in repatriating them. He was booed. He however told them that
anyone who feels like returning to Senegal can do so on his / her own.
A worrying issue is however the current anti-Gambian sentiments in
Senegal. During a call-in program on Wal Fadjri, all the callers said
their government should repatriate Senegalese in Gambia. Some were
quite strong in their sentiments. One even went as far as saying that
Senegal should chew and spit Gambia like a banana. There are also
strong anti-Senegalese sentiments among Gambians. I hope we all calm
down and work toward restoring peace in our subregion. Thanks.

                                                         Buharry.

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