I thought Jammeh and Yalla were buddies. What happened to their relationship? Here is another version of the coup story from AFP that was posted to the following newsgroups: clari.world.gov.politics,clari.news.issues.human_rights,clari.world.africa.weste rn,clari.news.issues,clari.news.issues.misc,clari.world.mideast+africa BISSAU, June 11 (AFP) - Guinea-Bissau President Kumba Yala Tuesday announced an amnesty for 169 people suspected of involvement in an attempted coup in December, but said another plot to overthow him was foiled last month. Six people have been arrested since the May attempt, the president said during a meeting with diplomats, senior officers and government officials. At Tuesday's meeting, Yala presented a dozen of the 169 suspects who were granted amnesty, 47 of whom are still in prison, saying they had been freed "in the name of national reconciliation." Among them were eight men identified as members of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC), which has been fighting for almost 20 years for independence for the southern Casamance region of Senegal, which borders Guinea-Bissau. "The United Nations will remove from the country the Senegalese from Casamance, as they have no place here," the president said. The amnesty announcement comes during the trial in Bissau of those suspected of taking part in a November 2000 coup attempt led rebel General Ansumane Mane, who was killed by forces loyal to to Yala. In 1998-1999, an 11-month military rebellion led by General Mane led to the ouster of president Joao Bernardo Vieira. A military junta followed until elections were held in January 2000, won by Yala. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~