In his July speech Jammeh said he will never beg, so what has changed? >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: FWD:Drought-stricken Gambia seeks international food aid >Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:06:33 +0200 > >BANJUL, Aug 22 (AFP) - Gambia on Thursday appealed for 27 >million dollars (euros) in international aid to deal with a severe >drought-induced food shortage. > Lack of rain has wiped out the country's rice harvests, has >destroyed 60 percent of its millet harvest, and 40 percent of its >peanut harvest, Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy said, adding that >the country's maize harvest and livestock had also been affected by >the drought. > People in the west African nation's countryside were already >suffering from malnutrition, she said. > On August 9, neighboring Senegal called also called for >international aid to help it stave off famine in the countryside >because of the drought. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~