Hamjatta,Mboge,Jaw(Coach), Tahnks for the information...your early response really helped us because we used the news items on our local news programme. I look forward to reading your comprehensive story on the meeting. Thanks, E Sillah. --- Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sillah, > I join Mboge in informing you that the briefing > session did go ahead and was > a success beyond belief. As Mboge rightly pointed > out, the chair of the mov't > and key convener of the briefing session, Mr. James > Bahoum, will be online > later to give a more formal, detailed and up to date > report on the briefing > session. > The briefing session's success lay not only in the > huge turnout from both the > Gambian Diaspora and concerned friends in the UK, > but the consensus that > emerged that: Left unattended, the Gambia is a > disaster waiting to happen. > Hence, it was TACIT agreement - mutatis mutandis - > that a united front from > the political opposition complemented by pressures > from friends of the Gambia > in different capacities could help a lot in turning > things around. Of > particular importance, is the central theme of OJ's > message which called for > a more rigorous, sustained and aggressive campaign > to contain and diminish > the lethal-ness of the dictatorship. > Another speaker that Mboge forgot to mention was ex > president Jawara, who > repeated other speakers call for a more concerted > pressure on the Jammeh > regime, especially on the election agenda which > could turn out to be a make > or break for the Gambia. > Please expect a more formal and detailed report from > Mr. Bahoum. > All the best, > Hamjatta - Kanteh > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > URL: > http://hometown.aol.co.uk/hamzakanteh/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------