Lamin, are you still in the travel business? If so, please let me know. A yound lady is looking for reasonable air tickets to Gambia. Please let me know at your earliest convenience. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Malamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fund Raising inatlanta >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:05:41 -0400 > >hi l members > >It look`s like the same day JALIBA KUYATEH is going to play here in Atlanta >for charitable cause TOO. Let try to aviod that. > >Thanks > >Lamin > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ousman Drammeh" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:43 AM >Subject: Fund Raising inatlanta > > > > The United Relief Service will organize a commercial fund raising dance >on > > the 28th of September at the YMCA in Atlanta. YMCA is located on >campbellton > > rd near the campbellton plaza.the famous Gambian Dj solomon and a band >from > > Somalia will entertain the crowd.for more information contact Ebou Janha >at > > 678-887-3679 or ousman at 404-493-5392. come and support the charitable > > organization. > > > > > > >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:Polician's home ablaze as France sends troops to Ivory >Coast > > >Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:41:06 +0200 > > > > > >ABIDJAN, Sept 22 (AFP) - The home of a key opposition leader was set >alight > > >overnight in continuing violence following a coup bid in Ivory Coast > > >prompting > > >France to send troops to its former west African colony, officials said >on > > >Sunday. > > > AFP correspondents saw smoke and flames billowing from the >residence >of > > >opposition leader Alassane Ouattara. > > > "Mr Ouattara's residence, in the upmarket Cocody district of >Abidjan, > > >was > > >set alight by elements of the security forces there," Aly Coulibaly, > > >spokesman > > >for Ouattara's Rally of Republicans (RDR) party told AFP by telephone. > > > Ouattara, 60, who served as prime minister from 1990 to 1993, has > > >sought > > >refuge at the French embassy in Abidjan with the approval of Ivorian > > >authorities. > > > Outtara said: "The German ambassador told me that it (Ouattara's >home) > > >was > > >on the point of collapsing". > > > The opposition leader said that the arson attack "could only be the > > >work of > > > > > >the security forces because there is a curfew in place. I called the >fire > > >brigade but so far no one has arrived". > > > Ouattara confirmed that he was still staying in the French embassy, > > >where > > >he has taken refuge since the rebel uprising which began on Thursday. > > > With the country's second city, Bouake, in central Ivory Coast, and >the > > >northern town of Korhogo still under rebel control and tensions high in > > >Abidjan, France dispatched troop reinforcements to ensure the security >of > > >French citizens and the international community, the French army chief >of > > >staff said early Sunday. > > > More than 100 reinforcements arrived in the west African nation >aboard > > >a > > >transport plane, accompanied by helicopters, from other French bases in > > >Africa. > > > > > > "Under precautionary measures decided by the French authorities to > > >assure > > >the security of French citizens and the international community, the >army > > >chief-of-staff has reinforced the military unit stationed in Abidjan," >the > > >army said in a statement. > > > France already had a 600-strong contingent in the main Ivorian city >of > > >Abidjan. It also has bases in Chad, Senegal, Gabon and Djibouti, with a > > >total > > >of some 6,000 troops. > > > With an estimated 20,000 French citizens living in Ivory Coast, > > >officials > > >in Paris said the reinforcements were being sent in as an implicit >message > > >to > > >rebels that they will take quick action in the event of an attack on >the > > >French community. > > > French officials also made it clear that the deployment did not >mean > > >France > > > > > >intended to intervene in the crisis in any way, which the French >defence > > >minister, Michele Alliot-Marie called a "purely internal affair". > > > In a statement on Friday, the defence minister added, "it appears >that > > >there is no threat at all" to the French community or other Westerners. > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > >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] > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > peace, > > ous > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~