Sidi,

You are so right. In all of these political  games and neglect, it si only
the ordinary folks who suffer, struggling to provide for their families on a
daily basis. The strange thing is that if one tries to advocate for them,
then you become the bad guy. May Allah grant us excellence of character in
our leaders as well as in each one of us so that we can truely work toward a
common goal that will be good for all of us as a whole.
I hope you can make contact with your loved ones. I have a few good friends
who are residents of Casamance, and I have also been trying to contact
relatives in Dakar who know these people to find out if they or any realtives
of theirs' were involved in this tragedy.
I do think the suthorities in Senegal have acted honourably in the face of
this tragedy.

Jabou

In a message dated 10/2/2002 2:41:18 PM , [log in to unmask] writes:


> Castigating Senegal and/or The Gambia is not the way forward.  The two
> counries are inextricably linked and condemned to live together.  The
> SeneGambian people accept this fact but I often wonder if the politicians
> of the two countries are equally convinced.  If recent border closures,
> tariff wars and restrictions of goods and people are anything to go by, I
> think they (the politicians) need to take lessons from the ordinary person
> in the streets of Banjul, Bignona and Dakar who are living the SeneGambian
> reality very day. I have been calling relatives in Dakar and Zinguinchor
> since the tragedy to enquire about relatives and friends who might have
> been on that fateful journey.  No news thus far due to the large number of
>
>

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