Eddy, I also share you worries.Our only difference is that I did not receive the message with joy.I see the formation of the AU as one of the biggest treat to the sruggle of the African people from all forms of political domination and economic exploitation.The porverty in our continent is so great that our leaders instead of declaring an African Union should have declared their total failure in bring the continent into harmony.With all the years of the regional co-orperation as the ECOWAS,we still see migrats from Ecowas countries been harrased in the Gambian and other ECOWAS country.We even know that there were countries who for many years did not even pay their dues to the former OAU.You see the AU is a political organ and we will soon find out that one her biggest porogramme will be political and the rendering of our suffering people to the brutality of international capital .An we might see this organ been use to help hold many dictators in power.I am very pessimistic.Take care and thank you for your contribution. For freedom saiks >===== Original Message From The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> ===== >I Eddy K.T. Sanyang born in kiang burong L.R.Division , when this news breakout of our new African union, i received it with joy and hope that it will work. I HAVE A QUESTION???.Have we change ?, or Are we changed.? >The minit we made op this committment for our continent. >Because africans in genaral family come first,IF our continent have to stand by her own feet our continent most come first.? no matter what the case may be the intrest of our continent most come first, We most >change our self first ,because as long as we mentain our >our personal intrest,family intrest, friends intrest, against our continents intrest, it chould end a shame on every >mandkind on the continent. Let our responsible leders who join hands in the name of (A U) STAND TO THE FACTS, let death parth them from there committment. >My regards to every member of (G.L) sorry for any uncomfortabless when reading this e.mail > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~