Guess it is time for all of us to take a trip to Libya. It is really disturbing how most of our African leaders get large sums from the Libyan government. I wonder on what conditions they earn this money? Allah Ousman bojang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Kumba Yala Pays Workers After Tripoli Trip President Kumba Yala returned to Bissau after spending four days in Libya and gave $ 1.350 million to his Finance Minister for the payment of salary arrears. No indication was given as to the source of the funds. "Our relations with Libya are at their peak, Yalla announced on his arrival from Tripoli. Receiving in his office members of his government, representatives of the armed forces and trade unions, the Bissau Guinean Head of State handed over a suitcase containing $ 1.350 million to Finance Minister Rui Barros who displayed the green notes to the press. According to President Yala, the money is solely for the settlement of salary arrears for five ministries (Interior, Health, Education, Communication and Former Commandants). He warned that any discrepancy would be severely dealt with. He earlier on paid $500,000 to the armed forces for their salary arrears. Guinea-Bissau was said to have been on the brink of social upheaval with regular strikes and a quasi-permanent tension. Many sources concur that the arrival of the dollars shown on TV affords a ball of oxygen to Kumba Yala’s regime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________ GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY; BECOMING WISE IS OPTIONAL. __________________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~