Please say hello to Haddy. I met Mai Chow in Washington DC, 2 months ago. Maila Touray Ext. 3530 -----Original Message----- From: sidi sanneh [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Message from Prague Abdoulaye, Thanks. No, I have no career change in mind. I had planned to meet with some NGOs, including representatives of Oxfam while here. Unfortunately, because of the demonstrations which turned ugly on Tuesday disrupted my plans. I leave tomorrow for Dakar and then on to Banjul for a week. Sidi Sanneh >From: Abdoulaye Saine <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Message from Prague >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:16:23 -0400 > >Sidi: > >Thanks for the update on Prague from Prague. It gives the >demonstrations a special touch. I applaud the demonstrators for their >stance and like you, hope they do not go the violent. "From Abidjan and >now Prague", you have covered the events well. Do you have a career >change in mind? Be safe. > >Regards >Abdoulaye > > > > >sidi sanneh wrote: > > > > While we sit it out at the Conference Centre in the middle of Prague >with > > the police busy with the demonstrators outside the perimeteres of the >site, > > I thought of whiling away the time with this piece , which is an excerpt > > from Trevor Manuel's Opening statement this morning. > > Quote > > There is a story that Vaclac Havel tells of this beautiful city >(Prague), > > long before he was president. A stone window ledge had fallen from a > > building and killed a woman. A local writer commented that the public > > outrage that ensured was too parochial and failed to recognise >humanity's > > enoumous progress. The next week, when another window ledge fell, the > > public wisely ignored the writer. To quote Vaclav Havel, the people >"had > > understoood that the so-called prospects of mankind are nothing but an >empty > > platitude if they distract us from our particular worry about who might >be > > killed by a third window ledge..." > > > > Window ledges in Prague in the 1960s may be another space from, say, a > > health clinic in Mozambique that is washed away by the floods, but the > > lessons are the same. The lessons then, as now, is that unless we take > > account of our reality and are prepared to do something about it, >nothing > > changes. End quote. > > > > There are lessons in Trevor Manuel's statement for all of us and I hope >hope > > that the demonstartions currently going on outside the Conference Center > > will leave the rest of the window ledges in this beautiful city in tack >and, > > of course, that there is no bloodshed as those opposed to the workings, >and > > indeed, the existense of the IMF and the World Bank, exercise their > > constitutional right to free expression. > > > > Hamjatta, I received your note and I could not agree more with the view >that > > the left is extremely organised which is being amply demonstrated >literally > > and figuratively in the streets of Prague as I write this note. > > > > Sidi Sanneh > > Prague > > > > >From: "Jeng, Beran" <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: FWD:United Democratic Party Leadership Threatened With Death > > >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:01:25 -0400 > > > > > >United Democratic Party Leadership Threatened With Death > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The Independent (Banjul) > > > > > >September 25, 2000 > > > > > >Banjul > > > > > >Unimpeachable sources have intimated to The Independent that members of >the > > >APRC > > >Youth Wing have threatened to attack and kill United Democratic Party >top > > >brass > > >including Ousainou Darboe, Lamin Waa Juwara and Lamin Shyngle Nyassi to > > >avenge > > >the death of Alieu Njie an APRC supporter who allegedly died following > > >clashes > > >between opposition and ruling party supporters in Basse earlier this >year. > > > > > >According to the sources, members of the ruling party's youth wing have > > >threatened to 'attack, disrupt and kill' members of the UDP leadership >and > > >their > > >supporters anytime they hold rallies outside the Greater Banjul Area. >The > > >sources also added that APRC militants have planned to attack UDP >convoys > > >going > > >to or returning from rallies. They further suggested that those making >the > > >threat are 'determined to kill at least 50 UDP supporters.' The alleged > > >threat > > >to assassinate UDP leaders, the sources emphasised, came as some > > >undisclosed > > >members of the APRC youth wing reportedly incensed over the death of >one of > > >their supporters, wanted to 'get even'. > > > > > >Meanwhile, a letter dated 18th September from the UDP addressed to two > > >state > > >authorities suggested that its leadership has got wind of the alleged > > >threat. > > >The letter sent to the Secretary of State for the Interior and the > > >Inspector > > >General of Police, the UDP notified them of the alleged threat to carry >out > > >'the > > >carnage'. Not only did the letter mention the alleged determination by >some > > >members of the APRC youth movement to assassinate UDP leaders and their > > >supporters, but it also alleged a systematic programme of extermination > > >starting > > >with Ousainou Darboe's personal bodyguards. > > > > > >The letter, which was copied to the chairman of the Independent >Electoral > > >Commission also claimed that the reported presence of the movement's > > >members at > > >a rally in Farato 'was part of their scheme to cause trouble, which was > > >only > > >averted by the presence of the Police Intervention Unit'. > > > > > >The letter had also notified state authorities of a planned UDP rally >in > > >Brikama > > >on September 23, requesting for necessary action and precaution from >state > > >security agencies to avoid what the party's leadership called a >'national > > >catastrophe'. It also reiterated the party's commitment to the laws of >the > > >land > > >and its readiness to co-operate with law enforcers in ensuring peace >and > > >stability in the country. > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L > > >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > >You may also send subscription requests to > > >[log in to unmask] > > >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your > > >full name and e-mail address. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.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 > > You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] > > if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your full name and e-mail address. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. 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