>From: Sidi Sanneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: National team out of harm's way >Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:54:37 -0500 > >I have been on the phone moments ago to the Gambian team in Bouake. I >spoke with Sidi Kinteh, Sang Ndong and ‘Parko’ and they all sounded >cheerful under the circumstances. As you may be aware, they, together with >their counter-parts from Senegal, Sierra Leone are Cote D’Ivoire were >caught up in the military events of last week. > >Their living conditions, although bearable for now, may deteriorate if they >are not extricated from Bouake. Presently there is enough food and drinking >water but basic amenities such as water to bathe are running low causing >the use of water from the swimming pool imaginatively. It is obvious that >the longer they stay holed up in the Ran Hotel in Bouake the better the >chances of deterioration of their living conditions. > >The primary concern of us all is their safety and the safety of all those >caught up in the madness – the innocent civilians in particular. >Currently, apart from sporadic shooting, presumably in the air, things are >calm around their hotel. For the moment, they are out of harm’s way and we >hope that the GFA, in collaboration with the football fraternity and >National Governments, will do everything in their power to secure their >safe passage and those of their counterparts from Senegal and the region, >and soon. > >Meanwhile, I will encourage G-L members to call and lift the sprits of the >boys. They can be contacted at the RAN HOTEL Bouake, Tel (225) 31.63.20.16 >and ask for the Gambian Team. > > >Sidi Sanneh > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~