NEWS Jammeh Left Taiwan for Gambia With Huge Amount of Money, as he Attends Taiwan's National Day BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 10, 2005 President Yahya Jammeh accompanied by a high powered delegation left Taiwan yesterday after he attended the Taiwanese independence anniversary, The ALLGAMBIAN online newspaper has been reliably informed. Jammeh whose departure was treated in low key affair is reported to be seeking financial help from Taiwan, a nation which supported his government over the years. Following Gambia's diplomatic break up with mainland China, Jammeh took it upon himself to serve as Taiwan's lobbyist at the United Nations, where he campaigned vigorously to to enable the isolated country to be recognised by the World body. The UN still to recognise Taiwan as a sovereign Nation, even though Taipei is engaged in what many critics called 'cheque book diplomacy. Poor countries such as The Gambia, are usually lured into diplomatic prostitution to sell the image of Taiwan. Sources closed to Jammeh's delegation says the President had received some financial help from Taiwan during his independence anniversary visit. Sources say Jammeh was reported to have complained about lack of money to run the country, as neighbouring Senegal have shut their border with Gambia. The President according to our sources was given a huge sum of money, which sources say they cannot disclose at this hour. The Taiwanese government our sources continued, have reaffirmed their commitment to support Gambia during this trying times. Jammeh was said to have been accompanied by some of Gambia's cultural dancers, who reportedly impressed the Taiwanese. Despite Jammeh's complain about lack of money to run the tiny West African country, some members of his delegation questioned where he got the funds to pay for the travel tickets of his entourage. The ALLGAMBIAN also gathered that the said dancers were paid by Jammeh prior to their travel. Go To Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004 AllGambian.Net. All Rights Reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤