The President is since the inception of the university branch in the Gambia "Honorary Doctor of Civil Law" - Ironic, isn't it? It was the Canadian counterpart university that gave it to him. I wonder what the human rights groups in Canada would say about that if they knew. Annika -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Baboucarr Jatta <[log in to unmask]> Till: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Datum: den 13 januari 2001 06:55 >"His Excellency, the President of the Republic of The >Gambia hereby declares three days of NATIONAL MOURNING >throughout the country with all flags to be flown at >half mast with effect from today, in honour of the two >dead National Assembly members. Once again, His >Excellency, The President, Dr Alhaji Yahya AJJ Jammeh, >on behalf of the Government and Peoples of The Gambia, >conveys heartfelt condolences to members of the >bereaved families, the National Assembly and members >of the deceased constituencies on the tragic losses of >these two Honourable gentlemen and the others. "We >pray that the Almighty Allah grants their families the >fortitude to bear these irreparable losses. May Allah >grant them eternal rest." > > >Did anyone notice that Yaya with the doctorate title. >Could someone inform me about his latest achievements. >Thank y'all. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. >http://personal.mail.yahoo.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------