I say we call it Juladougou in honor of our very own resident Jula.
Malanding
On 4/12/2011 8:54 PM, Demba Baldeh wrote:
> Oh no, Haruna, I meant to write 'MaLaBuIvory' as a name...
> sorry!!!
> Demba
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:46 PM, <[log in to unmask]
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>
> You got me laughing hard Haruna on your analogy of the bad vs the
> evil criminals. I concur France may be guilty which is exactly how
> humans should feel when they do something wrong and then pay up!
>
> I would rather be assimilated with fewer rail roads and decent
> educational system than a monarchy that doesn't know I exist.
>
> How about 'Coalition of the Awoken' to lead the pack in Africa or
> better even Malaise!!!! You choose.
> Thx
> Demba
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
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> *From: *Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]
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> *Subject: *Re: IC: France promises massive humanitarian assistance
> to Cote d'Ivoire to help bring the country
>
> Thank you Demba for the kind words. I take after your
> resourcefulness and generousity of spirit.
>
> Perhaps France feels guilty for its crimes in colonialism. If
> there is a scramble for Africa again, I'd like France to take
> Gambia. (Just kidding). But I mean in the arena of comparative
> criminals, France is way down the list. And they are making
> ammends to La-Guinea. What I am working on now is a significant
> union between Mali-LaGuinea-Burkina-Ivory Coast. WOnder what we'll
> call it. First things first. Please help me think of a name for
> this country. I promise you if you help us with the name, we will
> get the union in or lifetime or you can colonize me and my family.
> What? I got my knucklehead cousin warning me of Demba's appetite
> to colonize other folk. And wouldn't you rather Demba colonize our
> family than the British? "speak for your friggin self, I don't
> wanna hear it." She says.
>
> Thanx Demba. All I know is you got my vote.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]
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> Sent: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 5:07 pm
> Subject: Re: IC: France promises massive humanitarian assistance
> to Cote d'Ivoire to help bring the country
>
> Haruna,
>
> Thanks for sharing... that is a great gesture from France and is
> the moral thing to do.
> Although France has their own shortcomings, but I think they have
> always been more generous to their colonies than the British. Most
> french colonies in Africa were left in a better shape than the
> English.
> It is great to see them coming to the rescue of the Ivorian people
> and I hope they lobby for a complete debt write off for Ivory
> Coast... they deserve a break.
>
> Thanks again for sharing... you are very resourceful Haruna.
>
> Demba
> 2011/4/12 Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]
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>
> quickly to normalcy and reduce the suffering. Thank you
> France!!!! This is what a responsible partner does. Assist
> your partner in fighting disease and disaster, then assist in
> the quick recovery and mending of souls. I love ze French.
> Haruna. 400 million EUROS!!!!!!!!! And so quickly when it
> matters????? The UN can learn a lot from France when they
> consider recovery for Japan this month. I love Sarkozy, the
> other idiot. You know this got me thinking. If you have so
> many idiots in the world, you need a number of countervailing
> idiots. So Sarkozy and I are the countervailing idiots. Think
> about it!!! Brother Saiks.
>
> Côte d’Ivoire : la France annonce une aide “exceptionnelle” de
> 400 millions d’euros
> **
> *La France va apporter dans les prochains jours "un soutien
> financier exceptionnel de 400 millions d’euros" à la Côte
> d’Ivoire, pour aider notamment à satisfaire les besoins
> urgents des populations et de la ville d’Abidjan, a annoncé
> mardi la ministre des finances, Christine Lagarde.*
> La ministre a rencontré mardi son homologue ivoirien, Charles
> Koffi Diby, lors d’une réunion de la zone franc à N’Djamena,
> au lendemain de l’arrestation de Laurent Gbagbo par les forces
> d’Alassane Ouattara, avec le soutien de l’ONU et de l’armée
> française.
> */"Plein soutien de la France"/ *
> Christine Lagarde a assuré "la Côte d’Ivoire du plein soutien
> de la France dans cette période de réconciliation et de
> reconstruction", selon un communiqué de son ministère.
> "Christine Lagarde a annoncé que la France apporterait dans
> les prochains jours, dès que les circuits financiers et la
> sécurité seront rétablis, un soutien financier exceptionnel de
> 400 millions d’euros", ajoute Bercy.
> Cette aide est "destinée, dans un premier temps, à financer
> les dépenses d’urgence pour les populations, la ville
> d’Abidjan et le redémarrage des services publics essentiels",
> précise la ministre. Elle "doit également servir, dans un
> second temps, à relancer l’activité économique et à permettre
> l’apurement des arriérés vis-à-vis des institutions
> internationales".
> Cette annonce intervient alors que le rôle de la France dans
> l’arrestation de Laurent Gbagbo commence à devenir sujet à
> polémique.
> LA FRANCE A ÉTÉ "ABSOLUMENT REMARQUABLE ET INATTAQUABLE"
> Mardi matin, le ministre de la défense, Gérard Longuet, s’est
> dit "certain" que "des images de toute l’opération" qui a
> conduit à la chute de Laurent Gbagbo seraient "disponibles",
> et montreraient que les soldats français n’ont pas participé à
> l’arrestation de l’ex-président ivoirien.
> Le porte-parole du gouvernement, François Baroin, a jugé que
> la France a été "absolument remarquable et inattaquable" et
> "n’acceptera aucune leçon de morale de quiconque ni aucune
> leçon politique".
> Autre son de cloche, l’ancien ministre français des affaires
> étrangères et conseiller de l’ex-président ivoirien, Roland
> Dumas, a accusé "l’armée française, sur ordre politique,
> (d’avoir) livré Laurent Gbagbo" à son adversaire Alassane
> Ouattara.
> "La vérité, elle est claire, c’est que l’armée française, sur
> ordre politique, a livré à son adversaire M. Laurent Gbagbo.
> Elle l’a même amené au domicile de l’adversaire, un peu comme
> dans les traditions d’autrefois, de l’Antiquité", a déclaré
> M. Dumas sur France Inter.
> "Ce qui me déplaît dans cette histoire, c’est qu’on essaie de
> raconter des billevesées aux Français. Il ne faut pas prendre
> les Français pour des enfants niais et idiots", a ajouté
> l’ancien avocat et ancien ministre socialiste, ardent
> défenseur de M. Gbagbo. Selon lui, en intervenant
> militairement en Côte d’Ivoire, la France a choisi "la plus
> mauvaise des méthodes parce que ça laissera des traces dans
> les pays africains".
> *LEMONDE.FR <http://lemonde.fr/> avec AFP | 12.04.11 | 14h06*
>
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