Hi! Thanks Ndey, Pierre, Sidibeh and Joe for adding valuable perspectives to this troublesome issue. I hope the authorities try hard to restore good neighbourliness. A welcome development is that Gen. Niang, after meeting Gambian authorities and receiving assurances from them, informed the 200 Senegalese who sought refuge at the Senegalese Embassy that the Senegalese Government would not be involved in repatriating them. He was booed. He however told them that anyone who feels like returning to Senegal can do so on his / her own. A worrying issue is however the current anti-Gambian sentiments in Senegal. During a call-in program on Wal Fadjri, all the callers said their government should repatriate Senegalese in Gambia. Some were quite strong in their sentiments. One even went as far as saying that Senegal should chew and spit Gambia like a banana. There are also strong anti-Senegalese sentiments among Gambians. I hope we all calm down and work toward restoring peace in our subregion. Thanks. Buharry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~