G-L Community: Allow me a moment to thank the United Gambia Organization of Atlanta, my brother Musa Jeng and his family for their kindness and invitation to the July 4th Symposium. I also wish to thank the Gambian Community of Atlanta for their kindness as well. The symposium was a great success. I had a fun and productive time, made many new friends and renewed ties with some. Keep up the good work. Abdoulaye >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: CONFERENCE VIDEOTAPE ON SALE >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:51:42 +0200 > >Dear Musa and UGOA, >Your conference sounds very successful according to the article below and I >congratulate all of you for a job well done. >I would like to purchase a copy of the video tape but I want to know if you >have some in PAL for those of us in Europe or you only have them in NTSC >standard? > >BTW, I hope you consider inviting PDOIS too next year. > >regards, >Momodou Camara > >-------------------------------- >Juwara Returns From US With Stark Message > >The Independent (Banjul) >NEWS >July 12, 2002 >Posted to the web July 12, 2002 > >By Lamin M. Dibba >Banjul > >Gambians in Atlanta in the United States have only a stark message for the >APRC government in that it has woefully failed to either stabilize or >improve >The Gambia's economic situation, according to Lamin Waa Juwara. > >Juwara who is the organising secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP) >was representing the Gambian opposition in a symposium by the United >Gambian Organisation of Atlanta on July 5 2002. > >He said he has returned from the United States with a stark message >purportedly from Gambians abroad that in view of the dropping standard of >living in The Gambia the APRC government can no longer offer a creditable >guidance to the nation. > >According to Mr. Juwara the APRC was also represented at the symposium >attended by high profile Gambian academicians based in the United States >chiefly among them Dr. Abdoulie Saine. > >Dr. Saine delivered a paper on the current political situation in The >Gambia in >a well-attended meeting. > >Juwara said there was a consensus from the attendees that the government >of President Jammeh has not lived up to its promise of improving the >economic condition of Gambians, adding that eight years of promise has >been superseded by eight years of disastrous economic misapplication. He >said Gambians in the United States are exasperated over the fact that the >economic situation continues to deteriorate as the local currency takes an >all- >time dive. He said although the Gambians he met admitted that they were >not in the country they are convinced that poverty and other economic >malaise continue to take their tolls on ordinary Gambians, for which the >APRC government must take the blame. > >According to Juwara some said it was the biggest gathering of Gambians in >the United States. He said in attendance also were members of the Gambian >Democratic Forum many of who were supporters of the former ruling party. > >'It was also clearly spelt out that the opposition in The Gambia such be >more >active' he said. > >The highlights of the meeting was the presentation by two Gambian women >Siga Jagne and Sofi Ceesay who have been campaigning to raise funds to >help victims of the April 10 and 11 student unrest. > >Mr. Juwara added that at the conference pictures of alleged atrocities >committed on innocent Gambian students were shown on a projector. > >According to Juwara those present had demanded from groups that the >$20,000 accepted from Jammeh be returned to him since they felt that the >money could have been better spent on the victims of the April 2000 >incident. > >'They are waiting for Jammeh's proposed visit to Atlanta in September when >contrary to information he (the president) has been receiving his support >is >very negligible' he said. > >Juwara was also invited to a conference organised by The Gambia Freedom, >Democratic Movement (GFDM) based in Washington DC to discuss issues >pertaining to The Gambia. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~