Mr. Susso, This is actually old news. A Swiss friend of mine sent me the email below back in '97. This is 1 of 2. See if it helps at all. Good day. Saul. --------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 07:54:49 -0500 (EST) From: Nicolas A Stettler <[log in to unmask]> To: Saul Saidykhan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: (fwd) German TV reports Mobutu gold cache in Gambia Philadelphia, November 12 th 1997 Hi Saul, I am busy like hell, but I just want to forward you this news. I'll try to write longer sometime soon.Nicolas>> > BONN, Nov 11 (AFP) - A German television programme on Tuesday >reported finding part of a six-tonne gold cache belonging to the >late Zairean president Mobutu Sese Seko, hidden in Gambia. > The ZDF network's investigative programme Kennweichen D said in >a statement it would broadcast secretly-filmed footage of the find, >which included gold bars, on Wednesday. > The programme said it had located part of an estimated 90 >million dollars in gold which Mobutu's son Kongolo, one-time head of >the presidential guard force, had helped shift discreetly from Zaire >to Gambia in the waning months of his father's regime. > Kongolo Mobutu currently lives in Morocco, where his father died >in exile in September. > Speaking in Rabat, his sister-in-law said the family was >completely unaware of the reported discovery -- or of where it >reportedly took place. > "Where's Gambia?" she asked before concluding "I have no more to >say on the subject." > The ZDF programme said that some 80-100 kilos (176-220 pounds) >of the Mobutu gold turned up on the international market each> month. > Mobutu's fortune has been estimated at several billion dollars, >and the new government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been >trying to recover the missing riches. >>Hallo Ebrima and G-Lers, >> >>Greetings to you and your sources. >>Ebrima, Last night a friend of mine, Bubacarr Sankanu ( I think you know >>him) call me from the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he is ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------