Jabou, Ndey, Fatou, KB, Abdoulaye, Bro Habib el al, Thank you for expressing your concern about our safety. I can assure all that we are all taking the necessary precautions. Yesterday the situation was fluid, this morning it is highly volatile with APCs on the streets with soldiers, apparently backing Laurent Gbagbo, urging his supporters on towards the Presidential Palace in Plateau. Heavy gun fire at one of the army barracks was heard through out the early hours of the morning. Street barricades have been erected by the Gbagbo supporters in Youpougon, Adjame and Koumassi areas of Abidjan since the end of the curfew at 06:00 GMT this morning. Both Laurent Donna Fologo of the PDCI and Ouattara of RDR have indicated that they will not join the protest of Gbagbo since he has been playing ball with the military through out the transition instead of standing firmly with the PDCI and RDR, two of the biggest political parties which were both excluded from the election leading to their subsequent boycott. Both parties consider the election illegitimate because of the exclusionary clauses embedded in the Constitution and the eligibility criteria for the presidential candidate designed, in their view, to exclude the biggest political threats to the rule of Gen. Guei. A call I received moments ago confirmed that, indeed, there are hundreds of Gbagbo supporters assembling in different parts of the city, ready on the march toward the Presidential Palace. Where it will all end is anybody's guess. In case you guys (Jabou el al) are wondering, I am holed up in my residence with my family, as are all Bank staff not on mission. Sidi Sanneh _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------