Good brother , just stayhome. Your family is more important Habib Sidi M Sanneh wrote: > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------